ZIP 98349 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98349 in Pierce County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 6/100 of stress already active. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 39% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $84,282 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 3.8% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas. Around 58% of renters are cost-burdened. About 23% have a four-year degree. A median home runs $370,200 here, or 4.3 times local income. 5,021 residents call 98349 home, typically aged 45. The tenure split is 88% owner-occupied to 12% rented. The vacancy rate is 27.2% — elevated. On demographic stress specifically, 98349 scores 34/100. The ZIP holds roughly 3,041 housing units.

Taken together, 98349 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.