ZIP 15601 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

DLRadar grades ZIP 15601 (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania) at a low 26/100 for overall property distress. Property-level stress concentrates in construction/permit lag (60/100), structural risk (59/100), institutional ownership (20/100). By contrast, institutional ownership (20/100) and mortgage stress (9/100) register low. Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (89/100), climate & FEMA risk (88/100). On the structural side it scores 59/100, with 3/100 of stress already active.

The peak-phase market in 15601 posted values that rose 2.7% over the year, and 14% higher over three years, at 27/100 phase confidence. At a peak the opportunity is selective — specific stressed parcels, not a broad discount.

Rent burden reaches 36% of tenant households. Roughly 8.6% live below the poverty line. Median household income is $75,369, near the U.S. median near $78,000. Vacancy runs 6.5%. Home values center near $228,000, an affordability ratio of 2.8× — accessible. DLRadar's demographic-stress index for the area reads 25/100. About 40% have a four-year degree. Population is roughly 55,670 with a median age of 46. Owners hold 74% of homes, renters 26%. There are about 26,232 housing units across 15601.

On balance 15601 is mixed, rewarding parcel-by-parcel screening over broad assumptions. No parcel file is published for 15601 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The 15601 read uses the identical public-record model applied coast to coast, which means its 26/100 score means exactly what it means anywhere else, and 15601 stays directly comparable to neighboring ZIPs and the rest of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Sparse data for 15601 shows as blanks, never estimates, and the score updates on every fresh public filing.

15601's score blends several independent layers — foreclosure and mortgage stress, tax and lien delinquency, bank headwind and structural exposure — into one 0–100 number, so understanding the components matters as much as the headline for anyone screening the ZIP. For a buyer, 15601 is one row in a larger workflow: confirm the score, pull the distressed parcels behind it, then move from signal to funded, closed acquisition through DLRadar.