ZIP 98005 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 98005 (King County, Washington) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (63/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 98005 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 36% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $1,519,500, an affordability ratio of 8.7× — stretched. The tenure split is 51% owner-occupied to 49% rented. Population is roughly 21,929 with a median age of 37. 9.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The ZIP holds roughly 9,506 housing units. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Households earn a median $158,396 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 71% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 4.5%. On demographic stress specifically, 98005 scores 42/100.

Net-net, 98005 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. While 98005 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

Big metro or rural, 98005 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 31/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in King County, Washington and the nation. Sparse data for 98005 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

The 31/100 for 98005 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. The point of the 98005 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.