Pennsylvania · Census place 79776
Vandergrift, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (Vandergrift, PA — Census place “Vandergrift borough”) is 5,028 residents, ranking #274 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $50,351, the median home is worth $91,500 and median gross rent runs $793 a month. Looking for the Vandergrift Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Vandergrift, PA: 15690.
- Population
- 5,028Vandergrift borough residents
- Median household income
- $50,351Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $91,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $793Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 52.3%Owner-occupied households
Vandergrift ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Vandergrift.
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What the numbers mean in Vandergrift borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Vandergrift borough median would spend about 18.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.9% of residents and 52.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Vandergrift borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Vandergrift borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,028 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #274 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 35.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Vandergrift borough earn a median of $50,351 a year, 35.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 24.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Vandergrift borough is valued at $91,500, 69.8% below the national figure and 53% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $793 a month, 43.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 52.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Swoyersville borough 5,014
- Manheim borough 5,028
- New Freedom borough 5,003
- Turtle Creek borough 5,046
- Skyline View CDP 4,941
- California borough 5,046
- Kenmar CDP 4,937
- Duryea borough 5,054
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Vandergrift borough?
- Vandergrift borough has 5,028 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #274 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Vandergrift borough?
- Median household income in Vandergrift borough is $50,351 a year, 35.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Vandergrift borough?
- Median gross rent is $793 a month and the median home value is $91,500, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
- Is Vandergrift borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Vandergrift borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Vandergrift borough data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.