ZIP 98394 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pierce County, Washington · High Vacancy market
Composite property distress in 98394 (Pierce County, Washington) lands at 29/100 — low on DLRadar's public-record scoring. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100). Structural risk reads 62/100 against active distress of 0/100. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (59/100).
The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, and 42% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Median household income is $46,792, below the U.S. median near $78,000. Roughly 19.7% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 58/100. Around 82% of renters are cost-burdened. Population is roughly 1,036 with a median age of 44. Around 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Vacancy runs 27.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. 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.
Net-net, 98394 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.
Whether 98394 runs hot or quiet, its 29/100 composite is built the same deterministic way as every ZIP in the country — from recorded foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, climate and lender signals — so 98394 can be compared directly against any other ZIP in Pierce County, Washington or nationwide. Sparse data for 98394 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 29/100 for 98394 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. In workflow terms, 98394 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 98394
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
Snapshot: 98394 by the numbers
Current distress, phase, housing and lender-pressure figures for 98394, drawn from the same report attached to each property.
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The complete 98394 distress and acquisition report
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