ZIP 98166 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 98166's composite property-distress score is 30/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for King County, Washington. The latent-versus-live split is 66/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (60/100), mortgage stress (20/100). mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (9/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (95/100), FEMA disaster exposure (73/100).

The peak-phase market in 98166 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

22,001 residents call 98166 home, typically aged 44. Around 44% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $824,400 (7.0× income). 67% of housing is owner-occupied. About 46% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 9,823 housing units. On demographic stress specifically, 98166 scores 39/100. Roughly 8.7% live below the poverty line. Vacancy runs 7.2%. At $112,191, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Overall, 98166 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. No parcel file is published for 98166 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 98166 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 30/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 98166 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of King County, Washington. 98166 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

Behind 98166'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. For a buyer, 98166 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.