ZIP 98372 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP code 98372 in Pierce County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic distress index. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (58/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (78/100). Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 11% higher over three years, at 16/100 phase confidence. Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

At $100,316, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. There are about 10,588 housing units across 98372. Home values center near $589,900, an affordability ratio of 5.7×. Population is roughly 26,662 with a median age of 38. The poverty rate is 5.3% — low. Educational attainment sits at 28% bachelor's-or-above. On demographic stress specifically, 98372 scores 36/100. The tenure split is 51% owner-occupied to 49% rented. Rent burden reaches 30% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 3.7%.

Overall, 98372 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.

Because one deterministic model scores every ZIP, 98372's 31/100 can be lined up against any neighbor in Pierce County, Washington or any ZIP coast to coast. Where the record is thin for 98372, the field stays empty rather than modeled, and fills in as new documents post.

The 31/100 for 98372 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 98372 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.