Monroeville vs Pittsburgh

A side-by-side comparison of Monroeville and Pittsburgh: population, income, housing, and more.

Monroeville and Pittsburgh are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pittsburgh has the higher population (303,620 vs 28,383 in Monroeville). Monroeville has the higher median household income ($78,191 vs $64,137 in Pittsburgh). Monroeville has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $193,200 in Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
Population	28,383	303,620
Median age	43.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,191	$64,137
Median home value	$197,400	$193,200
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,221
Housing units	13,482	159,667
Homeownership rate	68.4%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
Population	27,687 → 28,383 (+2.5%)	302,205 → 303,620 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$68,743 → $78,191 (+13.7%)	$48,711 → $64,137 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $197,400 (+31.3%)	$125,000 → $193,200 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,162 (+10.6%)	$958 → $1,221 (+27.5%)

Monroeville

Population

27,68728,383

Median household income

$68,743$78,191

Median home value

$150,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,162

Pittsburgh

Population

302,205303,620

Median household income

$48,711$64,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
Under 5	5.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	17.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	20.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	62.5%
Black or African American	15.2%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	24.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
Drove alone	66.9%	48.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.2%
Public transit	2.0%	12.4%
Walked	1.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	21.3%	20.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	64.8%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	14.8%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Monroeville	Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	9.8%	19.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1969	1942