ZIP 98003 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 98003 (King County, Washington) at a moderate 35/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The peak-phase market in 98003 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 8% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 52,210 with a median age of 36. Home values center near $476,600, an affordability ratio of 6.0×. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 48% of homes, renters 52%. Median household income is $70,800, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 4.6%. 14.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 19,754 housing units across 98003. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 42/100. Rent burden reaches 50% of tenant households.

On balance 98003 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.