Belle Vernon vs Grindstone

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

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

Belle Vernon has the higher population (909 vs 592 in Grindstone). Belle Vernon has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $97,300 in Grindstone).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
Population	909	592
Median age	45.0 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,992	—
Median home value	$135,800	$97,300
Median gross rent	$715	$1,064
Housing units	650	325
Homeownership rate	35.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
Population	916 → 909 (-0.8%)	599 → 592 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $38,992 (+36.8%)	$33,860 → $42,955 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $135,800 (+57.7%)	$69,700 → $97,300 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $715 (+23.7%)	$738 → $1,064 (+44.2%)

Belle Vernon

Population

916909

Median household income

$28,500$38,992

Median home value

$86,100$135,800

Median gross rent

$578$715

Grindstone

Population

599592

Median household income

$33,860$42,955

Median home value

$69,700$97,300

Median gross rent

$738$1,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
Under 5	6.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	24.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	5.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	16.3%	18.4%
75 and over	14.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
No high school diploma	1.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	54.9%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
Drove alone	90.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
1-unit, detached	43.2%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Belle Vernon	Grindstone
Poverty rate	21.0%	19.6%
Average household size	1.70	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1956	1938