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″N 79°51′48″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Westmoreland
Settled	1758
Incorporated	February 26, 1876
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	Craig Ambrose
Area
• 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)
• 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″N 79°51′48″W (40.131360, -79.863447).

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:

As of the census 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 units per square mile (877.3 units/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.