McDonald vs Muse

A side-by-side comparison of McDonald and Muse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Muse has the higher population (2,687 vs 2,277 in McDonald). Muse has the higher median household income ($108,542 vs $56,369 in McDonald). Muse has the higher median home value ($357,600 vs $152,400 in McDonald).

Population, income & housing

	McDonald	Muse
Population	2,277	2,687
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,369	$108,542
Median home value	$152,400	$357,600
Median gross rent	$875	$655
Housing units	1,153	907
Homeownership rate	62.3%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McDonald	Muse
Population	2,164 → 2,277 (+5.2%)	2,678 → 2,687 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$45,534 → $56,369 (+23.8%)	$94,375 → $108,542 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $152,400 (+32.1%)	$301,900 → $357,600 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $875 (+12.8%)	$952 → $655 (-31.2%)

McDonald

Population

2,1642,277

Median household income

$45,534$56,369

Median home value

$115,400$152,400

Median gross rent

$776$875

Muse

Population

2,6782,687

Median household income

$94,375$108,542

Median home value

$301,900$357,600

Median gross rent

$952$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McDonald	Muse
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McDonald	Muse
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McDonald	Muse
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McDonald	Muse
Drove alone	79.1%	60.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	15.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McDonald	Muse
1-unit, detached	72.1%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	30.3%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	McDonald	Muse
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1938	1996