ZIP 98394 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98394 in Pierce County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 0/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). construction/permit lag (30/100) stay muted.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 42% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Households earn a median $46,792 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 19.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. On demographic stress specifically, 98394 scores 58/100. Around 82% of renters are cost-burdened. 1,036 residents call 98394 home, typically aged 44. About 28% have a four-year degree. The vacancy rate is 27.0% — elevated. The ZIP holds roughly 540 housing units. The tenure split is 83% owner-occupied to 17% rented. A median home runs $572,400 here, or 10.1 times local income.

Taken together, 98394 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.