ZIP 98354 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pierce County, Washington · Distress market
On DLRadar's 0-100 distress scale, ZIP 98354 in Pierce County, Washington comes in at 30, a moderate composite-distress reading. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), mortgage stress (20/100). By contrast, mortgage stress (20/100) and construction/permit lag (13/100) register low. The split runs 65/100 structural to 6/100 active on the ground. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (69/100).
The peak-phase market in 98354 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 10% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.
58% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 3.7%. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 39/100. Educational attainment sits at 23% bachelor's-or-above. At $90,361, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. The typical home is worth about $536,800 (5.7× income). Rent burden reaches 46% of tenant households. Population is roughly 8,432 with a median age of 38. The poverty rate is 11.9%. There are about 3,274 housing units across 98354.
Overall, 98354 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. 98354 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.
Whether 98354 runs hot or quiet, its 30/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98354 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Pierce County, Washington or nationwide. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 98354 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.
Each component behind 98354 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 30/100 roll-up. The point of the 98354 score is action: it tells you whether to open the ZIP, and DLRadar takes it from there to parcels, funding and close.
Signal-by-signal read on 98354
Unpaid tax, corporate ownership share, insurance cost pressure, NFIP flood risk, construction slowdown, price gaps and auction turnover — plus the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 98354 distress snapshot
A live read on 98354: distress, market phase, housing and bank pressure — identical to the report behind every parcel.
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