ZIP 98070 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Composite property distress in 98070 (King County, Washington) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structurally it carries 67/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (63/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) stay muted.

The peak-phase market in 98070 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 9% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Owners hold 81% of homes, renters 19%. The vacancy rate is 21.2% — elevated. The typical home is worth about $790,700 (6.2× income). Educational attainment sits at 52% bachelor's-or-above. The ZIP holds roughly 5,464 housing units. Median household income is $115,750, above the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 34/100. 9.3% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. About 10,424 people live here, median age 52. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households.

Taken together, 98070 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. There is no property file for 98070 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.

Big metro or rural, 98070 runs through one identical public-record model, so its 31/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in King County, Washington and the nation. 98070 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 98070's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 98070 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.