Monessen vs Vandergrift

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

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

Monessen has the higher population (6,825 vs 5,028 in Vandergrift). Monessen has the higher median household income ($51,094 vs $50,351 in Vandergrift). Vandergrift has the higher median home value ($91,500 vs $87,100 in Monessen).

Population, income & housing

	Monessen	Vandergrift
Population	6,825	5,028
Median age	48.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,094	$50,351
Median home value	$87,100	$91,500
Median gross rent	$678	$793
Housing units	4,015	2,640
Homeownership rate	73.0%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monessen	Vandergrift
Population	7,344 → 6,825 (-7.1%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$43,823 → $51,094 (+16.6%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $87,100 (+14.2%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $678 (+0.6%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Monessen

Population

7,3446,825

Median household income

$43,823$51,094

Median home value

$76,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$674$678

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)

	Monessen	Vandergrift
Under 5	6.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.3%
75 and over	10.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monessen	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	18.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monessen	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	43.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monessen	Vandergrift
Drove alone	74.1%	60.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	13.1%
Public transit	3.2%	2.1%
Walked	2.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	18.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monessen	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	81.5%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	7.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Monessen	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	19.6%	24.9%
Average household size	2.09	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1952	1940