ZIP 98006 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Scored on a fixed 0-100 scale, 98006 (King County, Washington) returns a moderate composite of 30/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 66 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100)).

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $197,344, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The vacancy rate is 4.6%. About 72% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 40,770 with a median age of 42. 8.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $1,388,500, an affordability ratio of 6.3×. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. There are about 14,623 housing units across 98006. On demographic stress specifically, 98006 scores 33/100. The tenure split is 80% owner-occupied to 20% rented.

On balance 98006 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. There is no property file for 98006 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.

Big metro or rural, 98006 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 30/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in King County, Washington and the nation. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98006, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Behind 98006's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. Practically, 98006 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.