Scottdale vs Vandergrift

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

Scottdale 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 4,392 in Scottdale). Scottdale has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $50,351 in Vandergrift). Scottdale has the higher median home value ($137,700 vs $91,500 in Vandergrift).

Population, income & housing

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
Population	4,392	5,028
Median age	41.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$50,351
Median home value	$137,700	$91,500
Median gross rent	$686	$793
Housing units	2,168	2,640
Homeownership rate	66.4%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
Population	4,165 → 4,392 (+5.5%)	4,950 → 5,028 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$52,425 → $56,667 (+8.1%)	$41,567 → $50,351 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $137,700 (+21.1%)	$65,500 → $91,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $686 (+23.8%)	$636 → $793 (+24.7%)

Scottdale

Population

4,1654,392

Median household income

$52,425$56,667

Median home value

$113,700$137,700

Median gross rent

$554$686

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)

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.3%
75 and over	11.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
Drove alone	76.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	14.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	18.3%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
1-unit, detached	68.3%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Scottdale	Vandergrift
Poverty rate	14.8%	24.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1945	1940