ZIP 98199 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98199 (King County, Washington) lands at 35/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Structural risk reads 79/100 against active distress of 6/100. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (100/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (94/100), FEMA disaster exposure (64/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (79/100), construction/permit lag (70/100), institutional ownership (55/100). mortgage stress (20/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

There are about 10,709 housing units across 98199. On demographic stress specifically, 98199 scores 31/100. 22,751 residents call 98199 home, typically aged 39. The tenure split is 62% owner-occupied to 38% rented. Rent burden reaches 19% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 6.3%. About 77% have a four-year degree. Roughly 4.9% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. A median home runs $1,198,700 here, or 6.6 times local income. Households earn a median $176,729 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 98199 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.