ZIP 98136 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

King County, Washington's ZIP 98136 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up in 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 12% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $153,636 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. The ZIP holds roughly 8,345 housing units. Roughly 6.1% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. About 67% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98136 scores 32/100. 17,299 residents call 98136 home, typically aged 40. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. A median home runs $925,000 here, or 5.9 times local income. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. The vacancy rate is 5.1%.

Overall, 98136 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.