Canonsburg vs McMurray

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

Canonsburg and McMurray 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 4,348 in McMurray). McMurray has the higher median household income ($151,478 vs $80,581 in Canonsburg). McMurray has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $192,100 in Canonsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Canonsburg	McMurray
Population	9,682	4,348
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,581	$151,478
Median home value	$192,100	$373,500
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	4,568	1,670
Homeownership rate	59.5%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canonsburg	McMurray
Population	8,844 → 9,682 (+9.5%)	4,215 → 4,348 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$50,077 → $80,581 (+60.9%)	$128,929 → $151,478 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $192,100 (+43.5%)	$335,600 → $373,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $964 (+21.6%)	—

Canonsburg

Population

8,8449,682

Median household income

$50,077$80,581

Median home value

$133,900$192,100

Median gross rent

$793$964

McMurray

Population

4,2154,348

Median household income

$128,929$151,478

Median home value

$335,600$373,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canonsburg	McMurray
Under 5	5.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.1%
75 and over	7.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canonsburg	McMurray
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canonsburg	McMurray
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canonsburg	McMurray
Drove alone	74.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	20.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canonsburg	McMurray
1-unit, detached	64.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Canonsburg	McMurray
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1961	1971