ZIP 98424 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

Pierce County, Washington's ZIP 98424 registers 31/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. The most distinctive pressure shows up 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. The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 6/100 already moving. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.8% over the trailing year, and 9% 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 $93,633 — above the roughly $78,000 national figure. About 28% have a four-year degree. Roughly 10.4% live below the poverty line. On demographic stress specifically, 98424 scores 38/100. The vacancy rate is 4.8%. A median home runs $561,600 here, or 5.3 times local income. Around 40% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 4,596 housing units. The tenure split is 50% owner-occupied to 50% rented. 11,871 residents call 98424 home, typically aged 32.

Overall, 98424 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.