Jeannette vs Vandergrift

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

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

Jeannette has the higher population (8,719 vs 5,028 in Vandergrift). Vandergrift has the higher median household income ($50,351 vs $49,558 in Jeannette). Jeannette has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $91,500 in Vandergrift).

Population, income & housing

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
Population	8,719	5,028
Median age	46.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,558	$50,351
Median home value	$106,600	$91,500
Median gross rent	$817	$793
Housing units	4,775	2,640
Homeownership rate	65.6%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
Population	9,216 → 8,719 (-5.4%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $49,558 (+21.6%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $106,600 (+22.1%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $817 (+14.6%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Jeannette

Population

9,2168,719

Median household income

$40,750$49,558

Median home value

$87,300$106,600

Median gross rent

$713$817

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)

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
Under 5	3.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	8.3%
75 and over	7.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	2.4%
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	4.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
Drove alone	81.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.1%
Public transit	1.2%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	18.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	70.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Jeannette	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	22.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1951	1940