ZIP 98072 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98072 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural exposure scores 78 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (63/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (78/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (54/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The peak-phase market in 98072 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 11% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Home values center near $1,122,200, an affordability ratio of 6.1×. Educational attainment sits at 68% bachelor's-or-above. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. Median household income is $174,599, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Population is roughly 24,922 with a median age of 42. Vacancy runs 3.1%. 3.0% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. There are about 9,784 housing units across 98072. Rent burden reaches 44% of tenant households. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 32/100.

On balance 98072 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.