Murrysville vs New Kensington

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

Murrysville and New Kensington 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 12,072 in New Kensington). Murrysville has the higher median household income ($120,685 vs $49,644 in New Kensington). Murrysville has the higher median home value ($316,400 vs $132,400 in New Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Murrysville	New Kensington
Population	20,839	12,072
Median age	50.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,685	$49,644
Median home value	$316,400	$132,400
Median gross rent	$1,495	$694
Housing units	8,697	7,013
Homeownership rate	91.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murrysville	New Kensington
Population	19,782 → 20,839 (+5.3%)	12,468 → 12,072 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$102,081 → $120,685 (+18.2%)	$42,264 → $49,644 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$257,400 → $316,400 (+22.9%)	$104,100 → $132,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,495 (+19.0%)	$606 → $694 (+14.5%)

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

New Kensington

Population

12,46812,072

Median household income

$42,264$49,644

Median home value

$104,100$132,400

Median gross rent

$606$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murrysville	New Kensington
Under 5	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.6%	14.1%
75 and over	12.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murrysville	New Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murrysville	New Kensington
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	20.0%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murrysville	New Kensington
Drove alone	67.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	13.2%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	10.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murrysville	New Kensington
1-unit, detached	81.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Murrysville	New Kensington
Poverty rate	3.9%	16.9%
Average household size	2.47	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1979	1953