ZIP 98371 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98371 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 8% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

69% of housing is owner-occupied. Vacancy runs 5.2%. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. The poverty rate is 8.3%. About 23,989 people live here, median age 39. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 35/100. The typical home is worth about $556,800 (5.3× income). There are about 10,231 housing units across 98371. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. At $97,290, median income runs above typical U.S. levels.

Net-net, 98371 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.