ZIP 98103 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98103 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). On the structural side it scores 79/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 3% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 6.3%. The tenure split is 45% owner-occupied to 55% rented. Households earn a median $127,372 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 77% have a four-year degree. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. 51,988 residents call 98103 home, typically aged 35. Roughly 6.2% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. On demographic stress specifically, 98103 scores 38/100. The ZIP holds roughly 28,631 housing units. A median home runs $1,044,100 here, or 8.0 times local income.

Overall, 98103 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.