ZIP 98387 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98387 (Pierce County, Washington) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). On the quiet end sit construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (19/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100)).

The peak-phase market in 98387 posted values that rose 2.8% over the year, and 10% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.

Around 34% of renters are cost-burdened. 7.7% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. Owners hold 77% of homes, renters 23%. The vacancy rate is 4.3%. Median household income is $101,141, above the U.S. median near $78,000. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 31/100. Educational attainment sits at 17% bachelor's-or-above. Population is roughly 49,940 with a median age of 34. The ZIP holds roughly 17,404 housing units. Home values center near $461,000, an affordability ratio of 4.2×.

On balance 98387 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.