ZIP 98031 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98031 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — 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.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 5% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $101,458 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 98031 scores 37/100. Roughly 10.6% live below the poverty line. 40,898 residents call 98031 home, typically aged 37. About 30% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 14,599 housing units. Around 46% of renters are cost-burdened. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. A median home runs $611,600 here, or 5.4 times local income. The vacancy rate is 3.1%.

Overall, 98031 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.