Latrobe vs Murrysville

A side-by-side comparison of Latrobe and Murrysville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murrysville has the higher population (20,839 vs 8,002 in Latrobe). Murrysville has the higher median household income ($120,685 vs $55,168 in Latrobe). Murrysville has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $140,600 in Latrobe).

Population, income & housing

	Latrobe	Murrysville
Population	8,002	20,839
Median age	43.9 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,168	$120,685
Median home value	$140,600	$316,400
Median gross rent	$761	$1,495
Housing units	4,039	8,697
Homeownership rate	67.5%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latrobe	Murrysville
Population	7,929 → 8,002 (+0.9%)	19,782 → 20,839 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$53,502 → $55,168 (+3.1%)	$102,081 → $120,685 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $140,600 (+19.4%)	$257,400 → $316,400 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $761 (+24.3%)	$1,256 → $1,495 (+19.0%)

Latrobe

Population

7,9298,002

Median household income

$53,502$55,168

Median home value

$117,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$612$761

Murrysville

Population

19,78220,839

Median household income

$102,081$120,685

Median home value

$257,400$316,400

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Latrobe	Murrysville
Under 5	3.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	5.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	17.6%
75 and over	7.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latrobe	Murrysville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latrobe	Murrysville
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.1%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latrobe	Murrysville
Drove alone	74.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	4.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	27.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latrobe	Murrysville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Latrobe	Murrysville
Poverty rate	14.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1953	1979