ZIP 98024 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98024 in King County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on 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 98024 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 1% lower over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $152,726, above the U.S. median near $78,000. 3.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $1,107,100, an affordability ratio of 6.6×. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. Around 35% of renters are cost-burdened. Educational attainment sits at 53% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 1,835 housing units. Population is roughly 4,632 with a median age of 51. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. The vacancy rate is 8.4%.

On balance 98024 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.