Canonsburg vs Washington

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

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

Washington has the higher population (13,361 vs 9,682 in Canonsburg). Canonsburg has the higher median household income ($80,581 vs $52,350 in Washington). Canonsburg has the higher median home value ($192,100 vs $121,000 in Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Canonsburg	Washington
Population	9,682	13,361
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,581	$52,350
Median home value	$192,100	$121,000
Median gross rent	$964	$895
Housing units	4,568	6,813
Homeownership rate	59.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canonsburg	Washington
Population	8,844 → 9,682 (+9.5%)	13,532 → 13,361 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$50,077 → $80,581 (+60.9%)	$42,533 → $52,350 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $192,100 (+43.5%)	$100,700 → $121,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $964 (+21.6%)	$697 → $895 (+28.4%)

Canonsburg

Population

8,8449,682

Median household income

$50,077$80,581

Median home value

$133,900$192,100

Median gross rent

$793$964

Washington

Population

13,53213,361

Median household income

$42,533$52,350

Median home value

$100,700$121,000

Median gross rent

$697$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canonsburg	Washington
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	16.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.6%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canonsburg	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	72.6%
Black or African American	4.4%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canonsburg	Washington
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canonsburg	Washington
Drove alone	74.1%	69.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.7%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canonsburg	Washington
1-unit, detached	64.4%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Canonsburg	Washington
Poverty rate	5.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.30	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1961	1943