ZIP 98418 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98418 (Pierce County, Washington) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Structural exposure scores 67 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). Property-level stress concentrates in 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.

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 2% higher over three years, at 26/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Vacancy runs 3.8%. About 23% have a four-year degree. There are about 4,558 housing units across 98418. The tenure split is 67% owner-occupied to 33% rented. Households earn a median $79,413 — near the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 11.7% live below the poverty line. 10,475 residents call 98418 home, typically aged 38. On demographic stress specifically, 98418 scores 34/100. A median home runs $413,400 here, or 4.8 times local income. Rent burden reaches 35% of tenant households.

Overall, 98418 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.