ZIP 98168 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

King County, Washington's ZIP 98168 registers 35/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Structural exposure scores 79 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100)). The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (20/100).

The peak-phase market in 98168 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 9% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

There are about 13,111 housing units across 98168. Owners hold 53% of homes, renters 47%. Population is roughly 34,814 with a median age of 38. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 41/100. Educational attainment sits at 24% bachelor's-or-above. 14.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Vacancy runs 6.3%. Rent burden reaches 43% of tenant households. Home values center near $548,000, an affordability ratio of 5.9×. Median household income is $84,937, near the U.S. median near $78,000.

On balance 98168 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.