ZIP 98466 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

Pierce County, Washington's ZIP 98466 registers 30/100 composite distress, which DLRadar reads as moderate. Environmental exposure also runs high (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. Its heaviest discrete signals: structural risk (65/100), institutional ownership (57/100), mortgage stress (19/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (19/100) and construction/permit lag (16/100).

The peak-phase market in 98466 posted values that held roughly flat over the year, and 9% higher over three years (phase confidence 16/100). At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

The vacancy rate is 3.1%. Roughly 8.0% live below the poverty line. About 30,622 people live here, median age 39. Around 42% of renters are cost-burdened. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 37/100. Around 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owners hold 53% of homes, renters 47%. A median home runs $602,400 here, or 6.0 times local income. Median household income is $94,598, above the U.S. median near $78,000. There are about 12,509 housing units across 98466.

On balance 98466 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. 98466 has no individual parcels listed at present; the signals above still come from the same audited public sources used nationwide.

No ZIP is too small to score: 98466 passes through the same foreclosure, tax, mortgage and bank-stress model as any major-metro ZIP, so its 30/100 composite is a like-for-like number rather than an isolated estimate. Every figure is auditable to a public dataset and refreshed as records update; 98466 shows blanks, not estimates, wherever the record is sparse.

98466's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. Treat 98466 as a screen: confirm the composite, open the distressed parcels beneath it, and run the deal to funding and close on DLRadar.