ZIP 98329 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98329 (Pierce County, Washington) lands at 30/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (29/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (29/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 25/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $107,675, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The ZIP holds roughly 4,638 housing units. The poverty rate is 5.3% — low. 88% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 31/100. The typical home is worth about $518,700 (4.4× income). About 11,379 people live here, median age 43. Around 49% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 4.4%.

Net-net, 98329 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.