ZIP 98338 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98338 (Pierce County, Washington) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are 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). On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $112,788, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 31% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 6.9% — low. The typical home is worth about $509,600 (4.2× income). 84% of housing is owner-occupied. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. Around 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The ZIP holds roughly 11,396 housing units. The vacancy rate is 5.1%. About 32,726 people live here, median age 37.

Net-net, 98338 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.