ZIP 98134 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

King County, Washington's ZIP 98134 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (74/100). The split runs 66/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground.

The peak-phase market in 98134 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

On demographic stress specifically, 98134 scores 46/100. The poverty rate is 44.5% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Median household income is $66,119, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Around 28% of renters are cost-burdened. Vacancy runs 12.9%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Owners hold 34% of homes, renters 66%. Around 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Population is roughly 779 with a median age of 37. The ZIP holds roughly 209 housing units. A median home runs $345,800 here, or 5.8 times local income.

On the whole, 98134 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Parcel-level detail for 98134 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

Whether 98134 runs hot or quiet, its 30/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98134 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in King County, Washington or nationwide. Where the record is thin for 98134, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

Behind 98134'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. The point of the 98134 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.