ZIP 98045 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98045 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). 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). Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100.

The peak-phase market in 98045 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 13% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Population is roughly 15,705 with a median age of 40. Median household income is $161,897, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 3.0%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Owners hold 85% of homes, renters 15%. Educational attainment sits at 52% bachelor's-or-above. There are about 5,748 housing units across 98045. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Home values center near $938,500, an affordability ratio of 5.2×. 4.1% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On balance 98045 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.