Ligonier vs North Belle Vernon

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

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

North Belle Vernon has the higher population (1,650 vs 1,562 in Ligonier). Ligonier has the higher median household income ($74,420 vs $52,928 in North Belle Vernon). Ligonier has the higher median home value ($223,400 vs $112,300 in North Belle Vernon).

Population, income & housing

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
Population	1,562	1,650
Median age	57.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,420	$52,928
Median home value	$223,400	$112,300
Median gross rent	$777	$927
Housing units	963	924
Homeownership rate	71.8%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
Population	1,405 → 1,562 (+11.2%)	1,796 → 1,650 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $74,420 (+41.8%)	$57,976 → $52,928 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $223,400 (+32.9%)	$91,800 → $112,300 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $777 (+13.3%)	$823 → $927 (+12.6%)

Ligonier

Population

1,4051,562

Median household income

$52,500$74,420

Median home value

$168,100$223,400

Median gross rent

$686$777

North Belle Vernon

Population

1,7961,650

Median household income

$57,976$52,928

Median home value

$91,800$112,300

Median gross rent

$823$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
Under 5	2.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	23.8%	9.9%
75 and over	11.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
No high school diploma	2.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	19.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
Drove alone	58.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	16.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	10.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
1-unit, detached	65.8%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ligonier	North Belle Vernon
Poverty rate	5.4%	19.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1950	1948