ZIP 15401 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

ZIP code 15401 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania carries a composite property-distress score of 24/100 — a low reading on DLRadar's deterministic public-record index. What sets it apart are the readings on construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (54/100), institutional ownership (17/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (17/100) and mortgage stress (8/100) register low. It additionally carries heavy environmental risk: climate & FEMA risk (80/100), flood (NFIP) exposure (77/100). On the structural side it scores 54/100, with 2/100 of stress already active.

The market reads peak — home values rose 4.7% year on year, and 11% higher over three years (phase confidence 31/100). Topping markets hide individual distress behind strong averages.

Households earn a median $52,051 — below the roughly $78,000 national figure. Around 36% of renters are cost-burdened. Roughly 18.8% live below the poverty line, elevated and often tied to deferred-maintenance inventory. A median home runs $155,600 here, or 2.9 times local income. On demographic stress specifically, 15401 scores 30/100. About 30,230 people live here, median age 45. The tenure split is 64% owner-occupied to 36% rented. The vacancy rate is 9.9%. About 23% have a four-year degree. The ZIP holds roughly 15,388 housing units.

Net-net, 15401 is middle-of-the-pack, where the deals are specific addresses rather than the whole ZIP. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.