Mount Pleasant vs Vandergrift

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

Mount Pleasant 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 4,215 in Mount Pleasant). Vandergrift has the higher median household income ($50,351 vs $48,963 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($131,700 vs $91,500 in Vandergrift).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
Population	4,215	5,028
Median age	49.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,963	$50,351
Median home value	$131,700	$91,500
Median gross rent	$740	$793
Housing units	2,237	2,640
Homeownership rate	69.5%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
Population	4,277 → 4,215 (-1.4%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$42,988 → $48,963 (+13.9%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $131,700 (+34.7%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $740 (+5.1%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

4,2774,215

Median household income

$42,988$48,963

Median home value

$97,800$131,700

Median gross rent

$704$740

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)

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.3%
75 and over	10.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
Drove alone	80.8%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.4%	2.1%
Walked	1.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	18.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	71.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	12.9%	24.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1953	1940