ZIP 98022 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98022 (King County, Washington) lands at 34/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100), FEMA disaster exposure (62/100). On the structural side it scores 77/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (77/100), construction/permit lag (64/100), institutional ownership (54/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Roughly 6.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 39% of renters are cost-burdened. About 29% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98022 scores 33/100. 22,135 residents call 98022 home, typically aged 43. The tenure split is 81% owner-occupied to 19% rented. The ZIP holds roughly 9,726 housing units. The vacancy rate is 12.0% — elevated. Households earn a median $116,613 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. A median home runs $608,500 here, or 5.0 times local income.

Taken together, 98022 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.