ZIP 98027 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98027 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98027 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Owners hold 70% of homes, renters 30%. Vacancy runs 5.0%. There are about 12,322 housing units across 98027. 5.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Home values center near $996,600, an affordability ratio of 6.5×. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 33/100. Median household income is $150,000, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 66% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 28,335 with a median age of 40. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households.

On balance 98027 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.