ZIP 98388 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Composite property distress in 98388 (Pierce County, Washington) lands at 31/100 — moderate on DLRadar's public-record scoring. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). construction/permit lag (30/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) stay muted. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 8% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

7,054 residents call 98388 home, typically aged 41. The tenure split is 65% owner-occupied to 35% rented. A median home runs $655,000 here, or 6.1 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 98388 scores 37/100. Roughly 14.2% live below the poverty line. There are about 2,889 housing units across 98388. Households earn a median $97,634 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. Rent burden reaches 42% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 2.9%. About 45% have a four-year degree.

Overall, 98388 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.