ZIP 98024 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
King County, Washington · High Value market
King County, Washington's ZIP 98024 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. 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 98024 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 1% lower over three years (phase confidence 16/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
Households earn a median $152,726 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 3.5% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. The typical home is worth about $1,107,100 (6.6× income). 88% of housing is owner-occupied. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households. About 53% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 1,835 housing units. 4,632 residents call 98024 home, typically aged 51. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The vacancy rate is 8.4%.
Overall, 98024 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 98024 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 98024's 31/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Where the public record is thin for 98024, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.
The 31/100 figure for 98024 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For a buyer, 98024 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
Signal-by-signal read on 98024
Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties — each with owner, address, APN, its own distress score and an exit read — are in the full report.
98024 at a glance
Real-time distress, cycle phase, housing and bank-stress readings for 98024, the same set carried on every parcel.
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