ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 15221

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

29,583
Population (ZIP)
0
Violent rate /100K (county)
0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 15221 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 15221 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 15221 is the largest ZIP in Allegheny County by population, 29,583 residents (#6 of 103 county ZIPs), across 6.21 square miles (4,764/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 15221 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 15221 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
$53,354
Median age
41.6 years
Owner-occupied homes
43%
Occupied homes
15,044

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 15221 settlement vs Allegheny County

ZIP 15221 itself is about 4,764 people per Census sq mi across 6.2 sq mi (29,583 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 15221 accounts for roughly 2.4% of the county reporting population (29,583 of 1,250,578).

Allegheny County's 2024 UCR book concentrates in aggravated assault (67% of 6 offenses; mix index 5,000). ZIP 15221 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 15221

Similar county violent rate (~0/100K)

Similar Census population (~29,583)

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.