ZIP 98052 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In King County, Washington, ZIP 98052 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 16% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

A median home runs $1,180,600 here, or 6.7 times local income. Vacancy runs 5.4%. 79,074 residents call 98052 home, typically aged 35. The tenure split is 47% owner-occupied to 53% rented. Roughly 5.6% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Rent burden reaches 27% of tenant households. Households earn a median $164,848 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. There are about 36,226 housing units across 98052. On demographic stress specifically, 98052 scores 34/100. About 75% have a four-year degree.

Overall, 98052 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.