ZIP 15221 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 15221 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 29/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (76/100), structural risk (66/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100). On the structural side it scores 66/100, with 3/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.7% year on year, and 13% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $55,241 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. On demographic stress specifically, 15221 scores 31/100. Around 36% of renters are cost-burdened. The ZIP holds roughly 17,268 housing units. About 42% have a four-year degree. About 29,513 people live here, median age 40. Roughly 19.4% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $171,300 here, or 2.8 times local income. The tenure split is 45% owner-occupied to 55% rented. The vacancy rate is 14.7% — elevated.

Net-net, 15221 is a working-distress ZIP — the kind that rewards current, parcel-level intelligence. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.