Latrobe vs Vandergrift

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

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

Latrobe has the higher population (8,002 vs 5,028 in Vandergrift). Latrobe has the higher median household income ($55,168 vs $50,351 in Vandergrift). Latrobe has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $91,500 in Vandergrift).

Population, income & housing

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
Population	8,002	5,028
Median age	43.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,168	$50,351
Median home value	$140,600	$91,500
Median gross rent	$761	$793
Housing units	4,039	2,640
Homeownership rate	67.5%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
Population	7,929 → 8,002 (+0.9%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$53,502 → $55,168 (+3.1%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $140,600 (+19.4%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $761 (+24.3%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Latrobe

Population

7,9298,002

Median household income

$53,502$55,168

Median home value

$117,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$612$761

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)

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
Under 5	3.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
Drove alone	74.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	15.2%	13.1%
Public transit	0.6%	2.1%
Walked	4.2%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	18.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	68.8%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Latrobe	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	14.4%	24.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1953	1940