ZIP code profile · 2024 county data
ZIP Code 15217
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 26,788
- Population (ZIP)
- 0
- Violent rate /100K (county)
- 0
- Property rate /100K (county)
Is ZIP code 15217 safe? Honest data snapshot
ZIP code 15217 sits within Allegheny County, PA, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.
ZIP 15217 is the largest ZIP in Allegheny County by population, 26,788 residents (#13 of 103 county ZIPs), across 3.87 square miles (6,922/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Allegheny County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Allegheny County crime page linked below.
ZIP 15217 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Allegheny County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.
ZIP 15217 Census context
These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.
- Median household income
- $83,405
- Median age
- 37.5 years
- Owner-occupied homes
- 52%
- Occupied homes
- 11,722
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).
ZIP 15217 settlement vs Allegheny County
ZIP 15217 itself is about 6,922 people per Census sq mi across 3.9 sq mi (26,788 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.
ZIP 15217 accounts for roughly 2.1% of the county reporting population (26,788 of 1,250,578).
Allegheny County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in aggravated assault (67% of 6 offenses; mix index 5,000). ZIP 15217 inherits that county mix, not a postal-native split.
Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.
Nationwide peers for ZIP 15217
Similar county violent rate (~0/100K)
- ZIP 08050, NJ · 0.5/100K · Ocean County
- ZIP 40258, KY · 0.3/100K · Jefferson County
- ZIP 63367, MO · 0.2/100K · St. Charles County
- ZIP 41011, KY · 0.6/100K · Kenton County
Similar Census population (~26,788)
- ZIP 77345, TX · 26,791 pop · Δ3
- ZIP 68502, NE · 26,784 pop · Δ4
- ZIP 24501, VA · 26,778 pop · Δ10
- ZIP 27577, NC · 26,778 pop · Δ10
County detail: Allegheny County · State atlas: Pennsylvania
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).
Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.
Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.