Belle Vernon vs Smithfield

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

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

Smithfield has the higher population (1,086 vs 909 in Belle Vernon). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $38,992 in Belle Vernon). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $135,800 in Belle Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
Population	909	1,086
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,992	$76,250
Median home value	$135,800	$169,600
Median gross rent	$715	$893
Housing units	650	475
Homeownership rate	35.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
Population	916 → 909 (-0.8%)	810 → 1,086 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $38,992 (+36.8%)	$39,286 → $76,250 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $135,800 (+57.7%)	$102,800 → $169,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $715 (+23.7%)	$710 → $893 (+25.8%)

Belle Vernon

Population

916909

Median household income

$28,500$38,992

Median home value

$86,100$135,800

Median gross rent

$578$715

Smithfield

Population

8101,086

Median household income

$39,286$76,250

Median home value

$102,800$169,600

Median gross rent

$710$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.3%	9.0%
75 and over	14.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	95.5%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
No high school diploma	1.9%	9.5%
High school graduate	54.9%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
Drove alone	90.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	43.2%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Belle Vernon	Smithfield
Poverty rate	21.0%	9.3%
Average household size	1.70	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1956	1951