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Vandergrift borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Vandergrift borough is a Census borough of 5,011 people across 1.36 square miles of land, in Westmoreland County. Median household income is $50,901, 54.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $475,000.
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Vandergrift
What Vandergrift is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.36 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,683
- 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.
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How many people live in Vandergrift
- Population5,011
- Median age36.1
- Population under 181,412
- Share under 1828.2 percent
- Population 65 and over699
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent
- Households2,199
- Family households1,453
- Share of households that are families66.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Vandergrift
- Median household income$50,901
- Per capita income$25,660
- Civilian labor force2,556
- Employed2,332
- Unemployed224 plus or minus 77
- Unemployment rate8.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over3,253
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Vandergrift
- Housing units2,731
- Occupied units2,199
- Vacant units532 plus or minus 132
- Vacancy rate19.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,198
- Renter occupied1,001 plus or minus 214
- Ownership rate54.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$93,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$794
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.7 percent
- Single family units2,222
- Share single family81.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more447 plus or minus 218
- Share in buildings of two or more16.4 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Mobile homes62 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Vandergrift gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,866
- Commuting under 15 minutes657 plus or minus 155
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more779 plus or minus 160
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.7 percent
- Drove alone58.1 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport2.1 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Walked3.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home19.7 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Vandergrift (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$475,000
- Average approval$158,333
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$255,000
- Largest approval$255,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- 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.
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Flood risk in Vandergrift
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420904
- 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 Vandergrift
Westmoreland County context, not Vandergrift 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 Vandergrift 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 Vandergrift. 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
Vandergrift questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania?
5,011, in 2,199 households. Vandergrift borough covers 1.36 square miles of land, which is 3,683 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Vandergrift 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 Vandergrift?
$50,901. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $93,900. Median gross rent is $794 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Vandergrift businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $475,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $120,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Vandergrift, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Vandergrift borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Vandergrift. 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 Vandergrift in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Vandergrift appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420904, 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 Vandergrift 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 Vandergrift.
Is zoning published for Vandergrift?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.