AreaProfile

15210Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 15210.

74
Area Score
Top 9% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 22% of 727 published ZIP areas68
GrowthTop 3% of 701 published ZIP areas76
Housing affordabilityTop 25% of 800 published ZIP areas84
Climate515th of 779 published ZIP areas65
Physical resilienceTop 19% of 800 published ZIP areas81
Access420th of 779 published ZIP areas95
Economic stability734th of 800 published ZIP areas33
The quick read

15210 ranks in the top 22% of published ZIP profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.7% and median household income of $52,169.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 2,430 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 103% on the prior year.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 15210 in the top 19% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
25,227
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$52,169
Bottom 18% nationally
Density
5,361/sq mi
4.7 sq mi of land
Median age
36.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Metro area
Pittsburgh, PA
Nearest major airport
PIT
14 mi · Pittsburgh Intl
Median home value
$98,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.7% is lower than 90% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 2.4% over the past year, to 162,999 employed residents.

Median household income of $52,169 is below 82% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,698$52,169Bottom 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,506$29,737Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate26.5%Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.3 minTop 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment162,999Bottom 38%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.5%Top 32%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)2.4%Top 2%June 2026
Labor force169,226Bottom 38%June 2026
Labor force participation63.3%Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$65,230Bottom 41%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,650Bottom 44%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.2%Top 43%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.7%Bottom 10%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202452k41k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $52,169 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Pittsburgh, PA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides37,200$29,250
General and Operations Managers31,020$100,840
Registered Nurses29,360$82,370
Retail Salespersons28,700$30,840
Fast Food and Counter Workers27,460$28,250
Cashiers20,950$29,470

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Pittsburgh, PA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,082 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 1.9 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
24.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
1.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,082
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$98,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income1.89Bottom 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate56.7%Bottom 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±57212,785Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$74$1,082Top 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$6,800$98,600Bottom 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income24.9%Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate17.9%Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
76/ 100
Top 3% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

95% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 8.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
2,430
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
8.0
Top 12% nationally
Year over year
+103%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
95.3%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Pittsburgh, PA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 41.3 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENY CO AP, 4.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation41.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

81 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding and avalanche.

Inland floodingModerate
AvalancheModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, strong wind, ice storm, heat wave, lightning, winter weather, tornado, earthquake, landslide, hurricane, wildfire, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 14 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Pittsburgh IntlPIT14 mi11,500 ft
Arnold Palmer RgnlLBE32 mi8,222 ft
Youngstown/Warren RgnlYNG69 mi9,003 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

15210 vs Pittsburgh

How this ZIP area compares with Pittsburgh as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

15210
Pittsburgh
Median household income
$52,169
vs
$65,742
Per capita income
$29,737
vs
$45,385
Population density
5,361/sq mi
vs
5,504/sq mi
Median home value
$98,600
vs
$205,800
Median gross rent
$1,082
vs
$1,261
Homeownership rate
56.7%
vs
47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher
22.5%
vs
49.1%
Poverty rate
26.5%
vs
20.1%
Median age
36.7
vs
33.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.