ZIP 98042 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98042 in King County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 35/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. 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 latent-versus-live split is 79/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. 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 98042 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 6% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Median household income is $125,554, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Educational attainment sits at 34% bachelor's-or-above. 4.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. The vacancy rate is 2.8%. Around 48% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $658,500, an affordability ratio of 4.9×. Population is roughly 48,594 with a median age of 40. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100. The ZIP holds roughly 17,629 housing units. Owners hold 82% of homes, renters 18%.

On balance 98042 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.