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Monessen city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Monessen city is a Census city of 6,780 people across 2.89 square miles of land, in Westmoreland County. Median household income is $52,889, 73.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $251,000.
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Monessen
What Monessen is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.89 sq mi
- Water area0.14 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,348
- County holding the largest share of its areaWestmoreland 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.
Monessen
How many people live in Monessen
- Population6,780
- Median age44.9
- Population under 181,344
- Share under 1819.8 percent
- Population 65 and over1,536
- Share 65 and over22.7 percent
- Households3,129
- Family households1,942
- Share of households that are families62.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monessen
Income and work in Monessen
- Median household income$52,889
- Per capita income$31,807
- Civilian labor force3,133
- Employed2,946
- Unemployed187 plus or minus 76
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over4,859
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monessen
Housing in Monessen
- Housing units3,857
- Occupied units3,129
- Vacant units728 plus or minus 152
- Vacancy rate18.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied2,283
- Renter occupied846 plus or minus 187
- Ownership rate73.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$95,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$733 plus or minus $179
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Single family units3,222
- Share single family83.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more635 plus or minus 190
- Share in buildings of two or more16.5 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monessen
How Monessen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,547
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,031 plus or minus 237
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more896 plus or minus 210
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone73.0 percent
- Carpooled9.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home10.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Monessen
SBA loans in Monessen (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$251,000
- Average approval$83,667
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$180,000
- Largest approval$180,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval4.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Monessen
Flood risk in Monessen
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420887
- Currently effective map date03/17/11
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.
Westmoreland County, not Monessen
Westmoreland County context, not Monessen figures
These are Westmoreland County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Monessen measurements.
- Establishments in Westmoreland County8,428
- Employment at those establishments, Westmoreland County124,843
- Covered employment, Westmoreland County129,350
- Average annual pay, Westmoreland County$56,519
- Average weekly wage, Westmoreland County$1,087
- Housing units permitted, Westmoreland County414
- Of those, single family, Westmoreland County348
- County product, 2024, Westmoreland County$19,387,551,000
- County product change over the prior year, Westmoreland County2.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Westmoreland County$65,985
Every figure in this section is published for Westmoreland County as a whole and is not a measurement of Monessen. 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
Monessen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Monessen, Pennsylvania?
6,780, in 3,129 households. Monessen city covers 2.89 square miles of land, which is 2,348 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Monessen in?
Westmoreland 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 Monessen?
$52,889. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $95,900. Median gross rent is $733 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Monessen businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $251,000, across 3 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Monessen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Monessen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Monessen. only 0 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 Monessen in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Monessen appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420887, 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 Monessen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Westmoreland 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 Monessen.
Is zoning published for Monessen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.