Arnold vs Vandergrift

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold and Vandergrift: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vandergrift has the higher population (5,028 vs 4,738 in Arnold). Vandergrift has the higher median household income ($50,351 vs $48,119 in Arnold). Vandergrift has the higher median home value ($91,500 vs $76,800 in Arnold).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Vandergrift
Population	4,738	5,028
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,119	$50,351
Median home value	$76,800	$91,500
Median gross rent	$799	$793
Housing units	2,608	2,640
Homeownership rate	56.1%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Vandergrift
Population	4,902 → 4,738 (-3.3%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$29,487 → $48,119 (+63.2%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $76,800 (+37.6%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $799 (-1.7%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Arnold

Population

4,9024,738

Median household income

$29,487$48,119

Median home value

$55,800$76,800

Median gross rent

$813$799

Vandergrift

Population

4,9505,028

Median household income

$41,567$50,351

Median home value

$65,500$91,500

Median gross rent

$636$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Vandergrift
Under 5	5.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	23.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	9.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Vandergrift
Drove alone	62.1%	60.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.1%
Public transit	7.1%	2.1%
Walked	6.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	18.3%
Other means	3.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	69.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	10.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	25.0%	24.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1948	1940