Best PlacesMurrinsville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Murrinsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Murrinsville ranks 23,973rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Murrinsville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Murrinsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Murrinsville ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Murrinsville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.4 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Murrinsville
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Murrinsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,679, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Murrinsville's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Murrinsville
Murrinsville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Murrinsville.
Who works in Murrinsville, and how
Work in Murrinsville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Murrinsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Murrinsville.
What the weather is like in Murrinsville, month by month
Murrinsville sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 82° | 71° | 60° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Murrinsville
Pittsburgh International sits about 49 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.8 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Murrinsville
Schools across Murrinsville average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dassa Mckinney El SchA− · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Moniteau JshsB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Murrinsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Murrinsville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Murrinsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Murrinsville
Is Murrinsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Murrinsville ranks 23,973rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Murrinsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,036. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $74,679 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Murrinsville safe?
Yes, Murrinsville is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $195 per resident a year.
Compare Murrinsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Murrinsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Murrinsville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Murrinsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Murrinsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Murrinsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Murrinsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Murrinsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Murrinsville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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