Lower Burrell vs Murrysville

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

Lower Burrell 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 11,659 in Lower Burrell). Murrysville has the higher median household income ($120,685 vs $81,860 in Lower Burrell). Murrysville has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $189,700 in Lower Burrell).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
Population	11,659	20,839
Median age	47.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,860	$120,685
Median home value	$189,700	$316,400
Median gross rent	$876	$1,495
Housing units	5,280	8,697
Homeownership rate	85.3%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
Population	11,229 → 11,659 (+3.8%)	19,782 → 20,839 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$64,696 → $81,860 (+26.5%)	$102,081 → $120,685 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $189,700 (+31.9%)	$257,400 → $316,400 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $876 (+16.5%)	$1,256 → $1,495 (+19.0%)

Lower Burrell

Population

11,22911,659

Median household income

$64,696$81,860

Median home value

$143,800$189,700

Median gross rent

$752$876

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)

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
Under 5	5.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	17.6%
75 and over	11.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
No high school diploma	3.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	27.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
Drove alone	80.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.8%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	27.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
1-unit, detached	83.5%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lower Burrell	Murrysville
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1963	1979