ZIP 98374 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98374 (Pierce County, Washington) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. The sharpest non-environmental signals are 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). On the structural side it scores 67/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 8% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

The ZIP holds roughly 17,405 housing units. Around 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Around 37% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $535,300 (4.5× income). The poverty rate is 7.7%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 32/100. 73% of housing is owner-occupied. The vacancy rate is 4.2%. At $108,854, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. About 47,645 people live here, median age 36.

Net-net, 98374 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.