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Vanderbilt, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Vanderbilt, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,303. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet VANDERBILT-PA · Vanderbilt, PA 1 ZIPs · 2,303 pop · #14864/25278 · Fayette County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $66,250
  • RANK-MID #14864/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Smithfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,303
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $164,000

Nearest income peer: Smithfield, PA (+ $1,199 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Vanderbilt

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Vanderbilt on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Vanderbilt, PA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

41st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,303
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,250
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,250 and poverty 10.2% concentrate in 15486.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Midland is the closest lower-income city and Houtzdale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Vanderbilt.

Population concentration

Vanderbilt's single ZIP 15486 carries the town

Vanderbilt is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 15486 is the entire residential footprint (2,303 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Vanderbilt

Citywide ZBP: 22 establishments, 119 employees , annual payroll $4,368k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 15486 (22 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) · also Manufacturing · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Vanderbilt, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Fayette County, which covers 55 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Vanderbilt. See the Fayette County roll-up →

Vanderbilt sits in the upper half of Fayette County on income: Uniontown, Connellsville and Brownsville report less, while Perryopolis reports more. Hopwood marks the far end of that range at $47,955, 28% below Vanderbilt.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
15486 2,303 $66,250 22 46
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