ZIP 98121 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98121 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. 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. 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.

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

The ZIP holds roughly 16,684 housing units. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. About 78% have a four-year degree. The tenure split is 25% owner-occupied to 75% rented. Around 26% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $848,400 here, or 5.3 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 98121 scores 33/100. The vacancy rate is 12.3% — elevated. Households earn a median $148,974 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. 20,904 residents call 98121 home, typically aged 33.

Taken together, 98121 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.