ZIP 98037 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Snohomish County, Washington's ZIP 98037 registers 34/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (76/100), construction/permit lag (66/100), institutional ownership (52/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 76/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (93/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 11% 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 $104,357 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 11,581 housing units. 30,574 residents call 98037 home, typically aged 39. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 13.3% live below the poverty line. The vacancy rate is 3.1%. About 37% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $767,300 here, or 6.5 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 98037 scores 40/100. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented.

Overall, 98037 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.