Best Places15206, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 15206, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
15206 ranks 7,531st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 15206
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
15206's strengths and weaknesses
Where 15206 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 98% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 15206 ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 15206
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 15206 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,743, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 15206's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 15206
15206 runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 15206.
Who works in 15206, and how
Work in 15206 centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in 15206
15206 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 95% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 15206 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 15206, month by month
15206 sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of 15206
Pittsburgh International sits about 16 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 15206
Schools across 15206 average a C, better than 38% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Pittsburgh Montessori K-5A+ · 90% proficient
- Pittsburgh Fulton K-5A · 70% proficient
- Pittsburgh Dilworth K-5B+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Linton MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Pittsburgh Classical 6-8D · 20% proficient
- Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8F · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Pittsburgh Allderdice HsB · 48% proficient
- Penn Hills ShsB− · 45% proficient
- Pittsburgh Obama 6-12C+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 15206 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
15206 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 15206 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 15206 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 15206
Is 15206 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 15206 ranks 7,531st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, biking, and transit, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 15206 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $367,876. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $80,743 median income, cost of living beats 62% of zip codes.
Is 15206 safe?
15206 is safer than 6% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $640 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 15206?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 23. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 33% of zip codes.
Is 15206 good for families?
Schools beat 38% of zip codes, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $991 a month.
Compare 15206 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 15206. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 15206 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
15206 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 15206: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 15206: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 15206: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 15206: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
15206 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.