Canonsburg vs McGovern

A side-by-side comparison of Canonsburg and McGovern: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canonsburg has the higher population (9,682 vs 4,290 in McGovern). McGovern has the higher median household income ($110,778 vs $80,581 in Canonsburg). McGovern has the higher median home value ($304,400 vs $192,100 in Canonsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Canonsburg	McGovern
Population	9,682	4,290
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,581	$110,778
Median home value	$192,100	$304,400
Median gross rent	$964	$1,166
Housing units	4,568	1,936
Homeownership rate	59.5%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canonsburg	McGovern
Population	8,844 → 9,682 (+9.5%)	2,790 → 4,290 (+53.8%)
Median household income	$50,077 → $80,581 (+60.9%)	$77,446 → $110,778 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $192,100 (+43.5%)	$204,000 → $304,400 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $964 (+21.6%)	$942 → $1,166 (+23.8%)

Canonsburg

Population

8,8449,682

Median household income

$50,077$80,581

Median home value

$133,900$192,100

Median gross rent

$793$964

McGovern

Population

2,7904,290

Median household income

$77,446$110,778

Median home value

$204,000$304,400

Median gross rent

$942$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canonsburg	McGovern
Under 5	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.7%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canonsburg	McGovern
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canonsburg	McGovern
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canonsburg	McGovern
Drove alone	74.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	15.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canonsburg	McGovern
1-unit, detached	64.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Canonsburg	McGovern
Poverty rate	5.8%	1.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1961	1982