ZIP 98422 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

DLRadar grades ZIP 98422 (Pierce County, Washington) at a moderate 31/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in structural risk (68/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (32/100). By contrast, construction/permit lag (32/100) and mortgage stress (19/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). On the structural side it scores 68/100, with 6/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 2.8% year on year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 26/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

At $115,989, median income runs above typical U.S. levels. Around 45% of renters are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 6.2% — low. 78% of housing is owner-occupied. Around 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The vacancy rate is 3.4%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 33/100. The typical home is worth about $663,800 (5.3× income). The ZIP holds roughly 8,313 housing units. About 22,126 people live here, median age 39.

Net-net, 98422 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.