Charleroi vs McMurray

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

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

McMurray has the higher population (4,348 vs 4,203 in Charleroi). McMurray has the higher median household income ($151,478 vs $43,487 in Charleroi). McMurray has the higher median home value ($373,500 vs $56,200 in Charleroi).

Population, income & housing

	Charleroi	McMurray
Population	4,203	4,348
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,487	$151,478
Median home value	$56,200	$373,500
Median gross rent	$845	—
Housing units	2,309	1,670
Homeownership rate	47.7%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleroi	McMurray
Population	3,953 → 4,203 (+6.3%)	4,215 → 4,348 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $43,487 (+24.7%)	$128,929 → $151,478 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$39,500 → $56,200 (+42.3%)	$335,600 → $373,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $845 (+22.8%)	—

Charleroi

Population

3,9534,203

Median household income

$34,866$43,487

Median home value

$39,500$56,200

Median gross rent

$688$845

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)

	Charleroi	McMurray
Under 5	6.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	14.1%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleroi	McMurray
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	11.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleroi	McMurray
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	41.7%	13.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleroi	McMurray
Drove alone	67.2%	71.6%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	20.7%
Other means	0.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleroi	McMurray
1-unit, detached	60.7%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charleroi	McMurray
Poverty rate	29.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1938	1971