ZIP 98102 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In King County, Washington, ZIP 98102 scores 31 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 6/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (63/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (11/100) register low. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100)).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 7% lower over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 6.0%. Owners hold 26% of homes, renters 74%. 26,583 residents call 98102 home, typically aged 33. On demographic stress specifically, 98102 scores 43/100. Roughly 9.3% live below the poverty line. The ZIP holds roughly 18,488 housing units. A median home runs $963,200 here, or 8.6 times local income. Rent burden reaches 32% of tenant households. At $114,395, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Educational attainment sits at 79% bachelor's-or-above.

Net-net, 98102 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

The 98102 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 31/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98102 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of King County, Washington. Sparse data for 98102 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

Behind 98102'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. Treat 98102 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.