ZIP 98403 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pierce County, Washington · High Value market
ZIP 98403's composite property-distress score is 29/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Pierce County, Washington. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)). The sharpest non-environmental signals are structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (59/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100). Structural risk reads 62/100 against active distress of 6/100.
The peak-phase market in 98403 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Population is roughly 8,586 with a median age of 38. Owners hold 40% of homes, renters 60%. The vacancy rate is 3.4%. About 64% have a four-year degree. On demographic stress specifically, 98403 scores 41/100. Around 25% of renters are cost-burdened. The typical home is worth about $829,800 (8.6× income, severely stretched). Median household income is $86,179, near the U.S. median near $78,000. The ZIP holds roughly 5,014 housing units. Roughly 7.4% live below the poverty line, a low share typical of higher-equity areas.
Net-net, 98403 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. There is no property file for 98403 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable public records.
No ZIP is too small to score: 98403 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 29/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Sparse data for 98403 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
The 29/100 for 98403 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. For a buyer, 98403 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.
Distress signal breakdown — ZIP 98403
Tax arrears, institutional buyers, insurance load, flood exposure, stalled construction, dislocated pricing and auction velocity — together with the 0 individual distressed properties are listed in full, with owner, address, APN, per-parcel score and exit-velocity read.
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