Best PlacesMurrysville, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Murrysville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Murrysville ranks 689th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Murrysville
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.
Murrysville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Murrysville ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Murrysville ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Murrysville
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Murrysville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $127,410, 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 Murrysville's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 Murrysville
Murrysville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Murrysville.
Who works in Murrysville, and how
Work in Murrysville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Murrysville
Murrysville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Murrysville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Murrysville, month by month
Murrysville sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 68° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Murrysville
The nearest airport, Arnold Palmer Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Pittsburgh International, about 29 miles away.
The best schools in and around Murrysville
Schools across Murrysville average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccullough El SchA+ · 90% proficient
- Franklin Regional Primary SchA+ · 83% proficient
- Level Green El SchA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklin Regional MsA · 61% proficient
- Charles A Huston MsC+ · 38% proficient
- Kiski Area Upper El SchC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Franklin Regional ShsA+ · 90% proficient
- Burrell HsA− · 65% proficient
- Kiski Area HsA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Murrysville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Murrysville 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 Murrysville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Murrysville
Is Murrysville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Murrysville ranks 689th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, low disaster risk, and good schools, and lowest on property taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Murrysville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,135. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $127,410 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Murrysville safe?
Yes, Murrysville is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $153 per resident a year.
Compare Murrysville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Murrysville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Murrysville 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.
Murrysville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Murrysville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Murrysville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Murrysville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Murrysville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Murrysville 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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