Census-designated place · Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania

St. Vincent College is a census-designated place in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area. It has 1,326 residents. St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #3,004 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #198 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on frequent mental distress (low), average commute time (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on poverty rate (high), new business applications (low) and unemployment rate (high).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #3,004 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #198 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,326 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,633.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4267416

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 64 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety73#4,254/15,637
Economy6#14,759/15,631
Housing—
Health72#4,384/15,609
Healthcare82#2,891/15,650
Environment62#5,845/15,453
Education92#1,251/15,649
Infrastructure81#2,950/15,650
Community91#1,424/15,651
Leisure & amenities51#7,686/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Westmoreland County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Frequent mental distress · low13.1%
98/100Pennsylvania 15.9%United States 18.6%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average commute time · low10.8 min
96/100Pennsylvania 26.3 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWestmoreland County value
Reading scores · high3.39
94/100Pennsylvania 3.10United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Math scores · high3.45
94/100Pennsylvania 3.12United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWestmoreland County value
Depression · low16.6%
93/100Pennsylvania 23.9%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Poverty rate · high58.7%
1/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
New business applications · low8.7 /1k
12/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWestmoreland County value
Unemployment rate · high9.0%
12/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Drug overdose deaths · high24.2 /100k
18/100Pennsylvania 19.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWestmoreland County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.7 µg/m³
22/100Pennsylvania 8.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWestmoreland County value
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
27/100Pennsylvania 3.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Poverty rateWorsening
47.2% (2015-2019) → 58.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
20.4% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Average commute timeImproving
16.2 min (2015-2019) → 10.8 min (2020-2024)
−33%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
80.0% (2015-2019) → 78.0% (2020-2024)
−2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Public transit commutersWorsening
1.1% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−1.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 2 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 2 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 2 measures

Change of every measure of St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.2 min2015-2019	10.8 min2020-2024	−5.4 min	Within the margin of error	91%
Poverty rate	47.2%2015-2019	58.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania itself moved +7.3 points in standing on average over the same 1 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,326 residents (±41)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,326 residents (±41)

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White83%1,095
Black6.6%†87
Hispanic or Latino6.2%†82

Education

109 residents (±33)

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma0.0%0
High school or GED12%†13
Some college10%†11

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

The Census Bureau publishes no detailed tables for St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

The Census Bureau publishes no detailed tables for St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

466 workers (±101)

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone40%†186
Carpool4.5%†21
Public transit0.0%0
Walk47%†219
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.6%†40
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

426 workers (±85)

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min77%†326
15–29 min20%†85
30–44 min1.9%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburgh, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Westmoreland County, the county holding most of St. Vincent College's residents.

Westmoreland County has 8,428 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Pennsylvania's), with 124,843 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,303. The Census Bureau also counts 23,721 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,428; 23,721 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 124,843
Average annual pay: $51,303; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Westmoreland County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	740	21.1	1.01×About typical	7,557	$67,076	1,197
Restaurants and other eating places	586	16.7	0.91×About typical	10,982	$18,119	101
Specialty trade contractors	569	16.2	1.05×About typical	4,209	$68,715	1,973
Services to buildings and dwellings	285	8.1	1.20×About typical	1,686	$41,877	1,219
Construction of buildings	273	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,209	$56,596	701
Religious organizations	267	7.6	1.37×More than typical	1,376	$20,485	—
Offices of other health practitioners	263	7.5	1.23×About typical	1,286	$41,023	663
Full-service restaurants	261	7.4	0.97×About typical	6,035	$20,026	34
Limited-service restaurants	255	7.3	0.91×About typical	4,154	$15,382	46
Personal care services	231	6.6	1.38×More than typical	1,166	$23,936	751
Lessors of real estate	227	6.5	0.52×Fewer than typical	644	$39,742	2,372
Automotive repair and maintenance	220	6.3	1.24×About typical	1,085	$43,777	370

Rank places for an industry Open Westmoreland County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 351,233 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: St. Vincent College is mostly in Westmoreland County.

See federal money in Westmoreland County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).