Monroeville vs West Mifflin

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

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

Monroeville has the higher population (28,383 vs 19,338 in West Mifflin). Monroeville has the higher median household income ($78,191 vs $70,335 in West Mifflin). Monroeville has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $131,400 in West Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
Population	28,383	19,338
Median age	43.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,191	$70,335
Median home value	$197,400	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,162	$748
Housing units	13,482	9,131
Homeownership rate	68.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
Population	27,687 → 28,383 (+2.5%)	19,834 → 19,338 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$68,743 → $78,191 (+13.7%)	$52,679 → $70,335 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $197,400 (+31.3%)	$99,000 → $131,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,162 (+10.6%)	$640 → $748 (+16.9%)

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

West Mifflin

Population

19,83419,338

Median household income

$52,679$70,335

Median home value

$99,000$131,400

Median gross rent

$640$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.9%
75 and over	10.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	81.5%
Black or African American	15.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
Drove alone	66.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.0%
Public transit	2.0%	5.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
1-unit, detached	64.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	14.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Monroeville	West Mifflin
Poverty rate	9.8%	11.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1969	1956