ZIP 98126 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98126 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100. 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). Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98126 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 7% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Vacancy runs 7.1%. Median household income is $114,030, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Home values center near $783,700, an affordability ratio of 6.6×. There are about 11,029 housing units across 98126. Owners hold 60% of homes, renters 40%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 36/100. Population is roughly 22,433 with a median age of 38. Educational attainment sits at 60% bachelor's-or-above. Rent burden reaches 37% of tenant households. 9.2% of residents fall below the poverty threshold.

On balance 98126 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.