Belle Vernon vs Dunbar

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Vernon and Dunbar: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Vernon and Dunbar are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dunbar has the higher population (981 vs 909 in Belle Vernon). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $38,992 in Belle Vernon). Belle Vernon has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $72,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
Population	909	981
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,992	$50,000
Median home value	$135,800	$72,100
Median gross rent	$715	$744
Housing units	650	563
Homeownership rate	35.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
Population	916 → 909 (-0.8%)	1,075 → 981 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $38,992 (+36.8%)	$54,583 → $50,000 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $135,800 (+57.7%)	$69,700 → $72,100 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $715 (+23.7%)	$713 → $744 (+4.3%)

Belle Vernon

Population

916909

Median household income

$28,500$38,992

Median home value

$86,100$135,800

Median gross rent

$578$715

Dunbar

Population

1,075981

Median household income

$54,583$50,000

Median home value

$69,700$72,100

Median gross rent

$713$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
Under 5	6.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	18.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.7%
75 and over	14.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
No high school diploma	1.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	54.9%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
Drove alone	90.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
1-unit, detached	43.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Belle Vernon	Dunbar
Poverty rate	21.0%	16.9%
Average household size	1.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1956	1950