ZIP 15229 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

ZIP 15229's composite property-distress score is 25/100 - DLRadar classes that as low for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The pressure is most legible in structural risk (57/100), construction/permit lag (38/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. The latent-versus-live split is 57/100 structural and 3/100 already moving. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (98/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (92/100).

Prices here sit in a peak phase: values rose 2.7% over the trailing year, and 18% higher over three years (phase confidence 27/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Median household income is $81,600, near the U.S. median near $78,000. About 15,251 people live here, median age 39. The poverty rate is 7.6%. The tenure split is 73% owner-occupied to 27% rented. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households. Vacancy runs 3.9%. Around 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. On demographic stress specifically, 15229 scores 25/100. Home values center near $243,500, an affordability ratio of 2.9× — accessible. There are about 6,556 housing units across 15229.

Overall, 15229 shows a mixed profile — neither uniformly stressed nor insulated — so opportunity is property-specific. Parcel-level detail for 15229 is not published yet -- the ZIP-level readings above remain fully sourced.

The 15229 read uses the identical scoring model applied coast to coast, which means its 25/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 15229 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Nothing here is interpolated — where a source is thin for 15229, DLRadar leaves it blank rather than guessing, and re-scores as new records post.

The 25/100 figure for 15229 is a composite, not one metric: it rolls up foreclosure and pre-foreclosure activity, mortgage stress, tax delinquency and liens, local lender headwind, and structural risk into a single reading, which is why a ZIP can look calm on price yet score high on distress. For an operator, 15229 is step one - verify, pull the parcels driving the score, and move straight through to a funded close.