ZIP 98335 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98335 in Pierce County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Structural risk reads 67/100 against active distress of 6/100. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 12% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Vacancy runs 5.0%. The typical home is worth about $791,100 (5.7× income). 78% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 11,435 housing units across 98335. Rent burden reaches 40% of tenant households. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. About 27,956 people live here, median age 45. Around 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The poverty rate is 2.9% — low. At $130,304, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 98335 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.