ZIP 15501 Property Distress & Foreclosure Data

In Somerset County, Pennsylvania, ZIP 15501 scores 21 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's public-record index. Structural risk reads 48/100 against active distress of 3/100. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (53/100), structural risk (48/100), institutional ownership (18/100). On the quiet end sit institutional ownership (18/100) and mortgage stress (10/100). Environmental exposure also runs high (flood (NFIP) exposure (81/100), climate & FEMA risk (65/100)).

The expansion-phase market in 15501 posted values that rose 5.5% over the year, and 45% higher over three years, at 32/100 phase confidence. Rising prices can mask pockets of distress, where per-parcel scoring earns its keep.

Population is roughly 16,447 with a median age of 47. The demographic-stress sub-score lands at 30/100. The typical home is worth about $171,100 (2.9× income, relatively affordable). Vacancy runs 13.2%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal. Around 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are about 7,740 housing units across 15501. 70% of housing is owner-occupied. The poverty rate is 13.6%. At $55,797, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Rent burden reaches 38% of tenant households.

On the whole, 15501 leans distressed, with opportunity clustered in specific stressed parcels. Every signal above traces to a verifiable public dataset, refreshed continuously and scored the same way in every ZIP nationwide.