Allegheny County, PA Distress Report: Foreclosure, Tax Liens & ZIPs (2026)
Where is distress concentrating in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania? DLRadar grades every Allegheny County ZIP 0-100 from foreclosure, tax-lien, mortgage and insurance records, peaking at 26/100. Here is the 2026 Allegheny County breakdown.
- Allegheny County's most distressed ZIP is 15006 at 26/100.
- 119 ZIP codes tracked in Allegheny County, averaging 26/100 distress.
- Allegheny County reads peak — home values up 2.7% year over year.
- Vacancy runs 10.3% across Allegheny County's tracked ZIPs, with a 12.2% poverty rate.
- The typical Allegheny County home is worth about $229,305 against a ~$82,479 median income.
- Lending headwind in Allegheny County sits at 51/100 — a forward read on distressed supply.
Source: the DLRadar property-distress index, rebuilt monthly from public records. Cite it freely with attribution to DLRadar (dlradar.com).
| Rank | ZIP | Composite distress |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15006 | 26/100 |
| 2 | 15007 | 26/100 |
| 3 | 15014 | 26/100 |
| 4 | 15015 | 26/100 |
| 5 | 15017 | 26/100 |
| 6 | 15018 | 26/100 |
| 7 | 15020 | 26/100 |
| 8 | 15024 | 26/100 |
| 9 | 15025 | 26/100 |
| 10 | 15028 | 26/100 |
| 11 | 15030 | 26/100 |
| 12 | 15031 | 26/100 |
Most distressed ZIP codes in Allegheny County (composite distress 0-100, 2026)
What is driving Allegheny County distress
Allegheny County's placement in the national index rests on public filings — a 26/100 average across its ZIPs. DLRadar reads FHFA price trajectory, CFPB mortgage delinquency, recorder-level foreclosure and tax-lien activity, FEMA/NFIP loss history and Census ACS demographics.
Allegheny County market phase and pricing
Allegheny County reads peak — home prices rose 2.7% over the last year. When prices ease, days-on-market stretch out, surfacing more motivated sellers.
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What people ask
Where is distress highest inside Allegheny County, PA?
ZIP 15006 leads Allegheny County at 26/100, recomputed monthly from public records.
What stage of the price cycle is Allegheny County at?
Allegheny County currently sits in peak, with values up 2.7% year on year, based on FHFA price-index trajectory.
What is this Allegheny County analysis built from?
Nothing here is proprietary or estimated — FHFA price data, CFPB performance data, county recorder records, FEMA/NFIP and Census ACS. All 119 Allegheny County ZIPs are scored by the same deterministic method applied to every U.S. county.
How much do distress scores vary between Allegheny County ZIP codes?
Averaging the county conceals how uneven it is. Across the Allegheny County ZIPs DLRadar ranks, scores run from 26/100 in 15006 down to 26/100 in 15031, against a Allegheny County average of 26/100. The 0-point range is the argument for ZIP-level search across Allegheny County.
What do Allegheny County home values and vacancy say about distressed supply?
The typical Allegheny County home carries about $229,305 of value against a median household income near $82,479. Vacancy across Allegheny County's tracked ZIPs runs 10.3% and the poverty rate is 12.2%. Vacancy and strained affordability are the conditions that make arrears become supply, read here against Allegheny County's foreclosure and tax-lien filings and its 51/100 lending headwind.
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Distress scoring is deterministic and public-record based. It is research material, not investment, legal or financial advice. Updated monthly.