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Belle Vernon borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Belle Vernon borough is a Census borough of 923 people across 0.26 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $41,154, 35.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
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Belle Vernon
What Belle Vernon is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.26 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,534 plus or minus 796
- County holding the largest share of its areaFayette County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Vernon
How many people live in Belle Vernon
- Population923 plus or minus 208
- Median age44.9 plus or minus 10.2
- Population under 18169 plus or minus 76
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over255 plus or minus 73
- Share 65 and over27.6 percent
- Households530
- Family households171 plus or minus 61
- Share of households that are families32.3 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Vernon
Income and work in Belle Vernon
- Median household income$41,154 plus or minus $9,347
- Per capita income$40,075 plus or minus $18,510
- Civilian labor force469 plus or minus 122
- Employed420 plus or minus 114
- Unemployed49 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate10.4 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over724
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.1 percent plus or minus 25.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Vernon
Housing in Belle Vernon
- Housing units639
- Occupied units530
- Vacant units109 plus or minus 52
- Vacancy rate17.1 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied190 plus or minus 61
- Renter occupied340 plus or minus 69
- Ownership rate35.8 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$138,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$711
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Single family units346 plus or minus 88
- Share single family54.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more276 plus or minus 76
- Share in buildings of two or more43.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 22
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Vernon
How Belle Vernon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute400 plus or minus 112
- Commuting under 15 minutes152 plus or minus 66
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.0 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more157 plus or minus 74
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.3 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone90.5 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belle Vernon
SBA loans in Belle Vernon (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,169,700
- Average approval$129,967
- Median approval$55,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$420,000
- Largest approval$420,000
- Jobs supported51
- Jobs per approval5.7
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more44.4 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belle Vernon
SBA loans in Belle Vernon (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$4,507,000
- Average approval$1,502,333
- Median approval$1,183,000
- Largest approval$2,585,000
- Jobs supported55
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belle Vernon
Flood risk in Belle Vernon
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420457
- Currently effective map date07/18/17
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Fayette County, not Belle Vernon
Fayette County context, not Belle Vernon figures
These are Fayette County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Belle Vernon measurements.
- Establishments in Fayette County2,485
- Employment at those establishments, Fayette County31,590
- Covered employment, Fayette County37,892
- Average annual pay, Fayette County$51,069
- Average weekly wage, Fayette County$982
- Housing units permitted, Fayette County189
- Of those, single family, Fayette County189
- County product, 2024, Fayette County$5,442,345,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fayette County0.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fayette County$48,762
Every figure in this section is published for Fayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belle Vernon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Belle Vernon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania?
923, in 530 households. Belle Vernon borough covers 0.26 square miles of land, which is 3,534 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belle Vernon in?
Fayette County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Belle Vernon?
$41,154. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $138,400. Median gross rent is $711 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belle Vernon businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $55,800, plus 3 504 approvals worth $4.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belle Vernon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belle Vernon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belle Vernon. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Belle Vernon in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Belle Vernon appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420457, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Belle Vernon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fayette County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Belle Vernon.
Is zoning published for Belle Vernon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.