ZIP 98351 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pierce County, Washington · High Vacancy market
ZIP 98351's composite property-distress score is 29/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Pierce County, Washington. Structural exposure scores 62 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (59/100), mortgage stress (19/100). mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted.
The peak-phase market in 98351 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 81% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
About 1,832 people live here, median age 53. A median home runs $752,100 here, or 4.8 times local income. The ZIP holds roughly 818 housing units. Around 74% of renters are cost-burdened. The vacancy rate is 19.6% — elevated. About 24% have a four-year degree. The poverty rate is 40.7% — high, a tax-stress and distress correlate. Median household income is $145,613, above the U.S. median near $78,000. Owners hold 88% of homes, renters 12%. On demographic stress specifically, 98351 scores 45/100.
Net-net, 98351 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Parcel-level detail for 98351 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced to public records.
The number is not local guesswork: 98351's 29/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed on ingest; 98351 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.
98351's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 98351 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.
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Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties are broken out by owner, address, APN, per-property score and exit read inside DLRadar.
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