Allegheny County, PA: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

DLRadar tracks property distress across Allegheny County, Pennsylvania using verifiable public-record signals alone. 119 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 26/100 distress. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 51/100 (moderate).

In its peak phase, Allegheny County home prices rose 2.7% across the last year, a 27/100-confidence read. On a market plateau, broad sweeps stop paying as the ZIP scores below show.

At +2.7% YoY and 27/100 confidence, selectivity rules — target the few ZIPs carrying distress. A mid-cycle 51/100 lender reading points to mixed owner- and bank-driven distress.

By composite, 15006 (26/100), 15007 (26/100), 15014 (26/100), 15015 (26/100), 15017 (26/100), 15018 (26/100) top the county — tap any ZIP to go deeper. Coverage extends to 15020, 15024, 15025, 15028, 15030, 15031, 15034, 15035, 15037, 15044 among others.

By the numbers, the Allegheny County ZIPs on file run household income averaging about $82,479, roughly at the national median, home values averaging roughly $229,305, below the US, poverty running near 12.2%, residents with a median age around 42.9, 10.3% of units sitting vacant, an owner-occupied share of 68%. Income, equity and tenure like these frame the kind of distress to expect and the buyer pool on exit.

All in at 26/100 over 119 ZIPs, Allegheny County is a screen-by-ZIP market rather than a blanket buy. A DLRadar subscription opens every Allegheny County parcel: owner, mailing address, APN, scoring, lienholder detail and an estimated exit speed.

Whether Allegheny County, Pennsylvania carries heavy distress or only a handful of flagged parcels, every score here is built the same deterministic way — from recorded foreclosures, tax delinquency, liens and lender stress — so Allegheny County can be compared directly against any county in the country.

Approach Allegheny County by rank rather than by average — the 26/100 county figure conceals the spread, since the returns live in the top-scoring ZIPs. These Allegheny County numbers come straight from public filings and refresh as new ones post; a missing source produces a blank field, never an estimate.

The ZIP breakdown for Allegheny County leads with 15006 (26/100), 15007 (26/100), 15014 (26/100), 15015 (26/100), 15017 (26/100), 15018 (26/100). DLRadar also scores 15020, 15024, 15025, 15028, 15030, 15031, 15034, 15035 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

Under Allegheny County's headline composite sit distinct layers — recorded foreclosures, tax and lien delinquency, mortgage stress and bank headwind — each scored separately before they roll up, so the same total can describe very different markets.