ZIP 98433 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Pierce County, Washington's ZIP 98433 registers 29/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as low. The most distinctive pressure shows up in structural risk (62/100), institutional ownership (59/100). Structural exposure scores 62 and live distress 0 on the 0–100 scale. Environmental exposure also runs high (climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100), FEMA disaster exposure (71/100)).

The market reads peak — home values held roughly flat year on year, at 16/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Around 67% of renters are cost-burdened. Median household income is $58,202, below the U.S. median near $78,000. 15.5% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. On demographic stress specifically, 98433 scores 47/100. Population is roughly 20,888 with a median age of 23. The tenure split is 1% owner-occupied to 99% rented. Vacancy runs 11.0%. There are about 4,915 housing units across 98433. Educational attainment sits at 25% bachelor's-or-above.

Overall, 98433 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. While 98433 carries no listed distressed parcels today, each signal above ties back to a public dataset on the same national scale.

No ZIP is too small to score: 98433 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. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 98433, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

Each component behind 98433 - foreclosure, mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, lender pullback, structural exposure - is graded on its own before the 29/100 roll-up. Treat 98433 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.