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Population (year 2000): 5,455. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,190 (-4.9% change)
Males: 2,537 (46.5%), Females: 2,918 (53.5%)
Westmoreland County
Zip code:
15690
Median resident age: 40.5 years
Median household income: $26,935 (year 2000)
Median house value: $53,800 (year 2000)
Races in Vandergrift:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.2%)
- Black (3.4%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (27.7%), Italian (25.8%),
Irish (16.4%), Polish (8.3%), Slovak (6.6%), United States
(6.1%).
Elevation: 900 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Vandergrift
- High school or higher: 82.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 7.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Vandergrift borough
- Never married: 25.5%
- Now married: 51.0%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 11.9%
- Divorced: 9.4%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -423 (-7.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Vandergrift:
- ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; NATRONA
HEIGHTS, PA)
- ARMSTRONG COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
KITTANNING, PA)
- FORBES REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
MONROEVILLE, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Vandergrift:
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 26 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 30 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
- PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL (about 46 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; ID: PIT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Vandergrift:
- MC VILLE (about 10 miles; FREEPORT, PA; ID: P37)
- GREENSBURG JEANNETTE REGIONAL (about 17 miles;
JEANNETTE, PA; ID: 5G8)
- PITTSBURGH-MONROEVILLE (about 18 miles; MONROEVILLE,
PA; ID: 4G0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Vandergrift:
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,223)
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 31 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA-MAIN CAMPUS
(about 31 miles; INDIANA, PA; FT enrollment: 12,307)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 32 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
- COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 34
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 9,058)
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS (about 34
miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 22,930)
Public high school in Vandergrift:
- KISKI AREA HS (Students: 1,461; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Vandergrift:
- KISKI AREA IHS (Students: 788; Grades: 07 -
08)
- VANDERGRIFT EL SCH (Students: 569; Grades: KG
- 06)
- LAUREL POINT EL SCH (Students: 101; Grades:
01 - 06)
Private primary/middle school in Vandergrift:
- ST GERTRUDE SCHOOL (Students: 98; Location:
315 FRANKLIN AVENUE; Grades: KG - 6)
Library in Vandergrift:
- VANDERGRIFT PUB LIBRARY ASSOC (Operating
income: $71,940; Location: 128C WASHINGTON ST; 18,640
books; 95 audio materials; 217 video materials; 72
serial subscriptions)
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