ZIP 98188 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In King County, Washington, ZIP 98188 scores 35 of 100 for composite distress, a moderate level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100. Its standout signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 9% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The typical home is worth about $456,400 (5.9× income). Vacancy runs 6.8%. 42% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 12,456 housing units across 98188. At $76,559, median income runs near typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 41% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 40/100. About 26,769 people live here, median age 37. The poverty rate is 9.2%.

Net-net, 98188 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.