ZIP 98444 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report
Pierce County, Washington · Distress market
ZIP 98444's composite property-distress score is 30/100 - DLRadar classes that as moderate for Pierce County, Washington. Its standout signals are structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), mortgage stress (19/100). mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100) stay muted. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (99/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (91/100), FEMA disaster exposure (68/100). Structural exposure scores 65 and live distress 6 on the 0–100 scale.
Prices here sit in a peak phase: values held roughly flat over the trailing year, and 7% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). Near a top, distress surfaces unevenly, so parcel screening beats headline strength.
Households earn a median $64,464 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Roughly 14.6% live below the poverty line. 35,660 residents call 98444 home, typically aged 34. Rent burden reaches 49% of tenant households. The vacancy rate is 5.7%. There are about 14,109 housing units across 98444. Owners hold 46% of homes, renters 54%. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 43/100. Around 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The typical home is worth about $416,400 (5.7× income).
Overall, 98444 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. There is no property file for 98444 at the moment; the composite and its components are still built from verifiable records.
Big metro or rural, 98444 runs through one identical scoring model, so its 30/100 sits on the same scale as every other ZIP in Pierce County, Washington and the nation. Sparse data for 98444 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.
Behind 98444's composite sit distinct signals (foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender and structural), each scored on its own before rolling up, so two ZIPs with the same total can describe very different situations on the ground. In workflow terms, 98444 is a go/no-go - the score says whether to drill in, then DLRadar carries you to parcels, capital and closing.
ZIP 98444 distress signals, scored
Delinquency on tax, investor concentration, insurance pressure, NFIP flood, lagging construction, price dislocation and sale velocity — and the 0 individual distressed properties come with owner, address, APN, an individual score and an exit read in the complete report.
The 98444 distress snapshot
The live 98444 panel — distress score, market phase, housing and bank pressure — as attached to every individual property.
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