North Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

North Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
Borough
Broad Avenue
Location of North Belle Vernon in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
North Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°07′53″N79°51′48″W / 40.13139°N 79.86333°W / 40.13139; -79.86333
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Settled	1758
Incorporated	February 26, 1876
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Craig Ambrose
Area [1]
• Total	0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2)
• Land	0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	945 ft (288 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	1,873
• Density	4,459.52/sq mi (1,723.21/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	15012
FIPS code	42-54776

North Belle Vernon is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,971 at the time of the 2010 census.

Geography

North Belle Vernon is located at 40°7′53″N79°51′48″W / 40.13139°N 79.86333°W / 40.13139; -79.86333 (40.131360, -79.863447). ^[3]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	208		—
1890	435		109.1%
1900	810		86.2%
1910	1,522		87.9%
1920	2,605		71.2%
1930	3,072		17.9%
1940	3,022		−1.6%
1950	3,147		4.1%
1960	3,148		0.0%
1970	2,916		−7.4%
1980	2,425		−16.8%
1990	2,112		−12.9%
2000	2,107		−0.2%
2010	1,971		−6.5%
2020	1,873		−5.0%
Sources: [4] [5] [6] [2]

As of the census ^[5] of 2000, there were 2,107 people, 928 households, and 596 families living in the borough.

The population density was 4,826.3 inhabitants per square mile (1,863.4/km²). There were 992 housing units at an average density of 2,272.3 per square mile (877.3/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 97.44% White, 1.28% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.05% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of the population.

There were 928 households, out of which 25.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 49.5% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of eighteen, 7.3% from eighteen to twenty-four, 26.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 21.9% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 23.2% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-two years.

For every one hundred females, there were 83.2 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 77.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $30,721, and the median income for a family was $39,728. Males had a median income of $36,007 compared with that of $23,103 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $21,756.

Roughly 6.0% of families and 6.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
3. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
6. "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.