ZIP 98439 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 98439 in Pierce County, Washington carries a composite property-distress score of 31/100 — a moderate reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). The latent-versus-live split is 67/100 structural and 0/100 already moving. What sets it apart are the readings on structural risk (67/100), institutional ownership (52/100), construction/permit lag (30/100). construction/permit lag (30/100) stay muted.

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

About 14% have a four-year degree. Roughly 13.2% live below the poverty line. Around 63% of renters are cost-burdened. On demographic stress specifically, 98439 scores 45/100. The ZIP holds roughly 2,416 housing units. The tenure split is 8% owner-occupied to 92% rented. 5,389 residents call 98439 home, typically aged 25. The vacancy rate is 10.0%. Households earn a median $47,056 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure.

Overall, 98439 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.