ZIP 98117 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98117 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100). Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

The peak-phase market in 98117 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 3% 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 $1,043,500, an affordability ratio of 5.6×. 4.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 4.2%. There are about 15,725 housing units across 98117. Educational attainment sits at 75% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 22% of tenant households. Population is roughly 35,147 with a median age of 40. Median household income is $182,500, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 71% of homes, renters 29%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 27/100.

On balance 98117 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.