ZIP 98333 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Pierce County, Washington's ZIP 98333 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). Its standout signals are structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100). Structurally it carries 65/100, against 6/100 of stress already in motion.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

There are about 1,556 housing units across 98333. Roughly 0.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. 3,365 residents call 98333 home, typically aged 51. 92% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 29/100. Around 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 8.4%. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. Home values center near $1,003,900, an affordability ratio of 5.5×. Households earn a median $172,917 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 98333 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 98333 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 98333 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 30/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. 98333 carries no interpolated values - each figure ties to a public source and refreshes the moment new records land.

98333's headline rolls up several separately-scored signals, which is why two ZIPs can share a composite yet face very different distress. For a buyer, 98333 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.