Pennsylvania · Census place 4252432

Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Murrysville is a municipality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 20,729 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,729
#28 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-231 people
Land area
36.8 sq mi
Density
563 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Murrysville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Murrysville population, 2020 to 2024

Murrysville lost 231 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 115th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Murrysville is 2.5 times that size.

21.0k202020.9k202120.7k202220.8k202320.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,989. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Murrysville covers 36.83 square miles of land, for 563 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Murrysville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Murrysville is in

All of Murrysville's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. Murrysville holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Murrysville

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Murrysville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the municipality's land: 15626, 15632, 15668. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a municipality that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Murrysville is

The Census internal point of Murrysville is at 40.442900, -79.658300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 146.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroeville, PA (27,966 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 16.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.442900, -79.658300
DMS
40°26'34.44"N 79°39'29.88"W
UTM
17N 613785.4E 4477781.0N
Geohash
dppq566sg
Plus code
87G2C8VR+5M

Daylight in Murrysville

At 40.44° N, Murrysville gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Murrysville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Delmont, 4.9 miles away, with 2,621 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Murrysville, PA?

20,729 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 231 (1.1%) from 20,960 in July 2020.

What county is Murrysville in?

Westmoreland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Murrysville?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15626, 15632, 15668.

How far is Murrysville from Harrisburg?

146.6 miles (235.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Murrysville.

What is the nearest larger city to Murrysville?

Monroeville, PA, with 27,966 residents, 5.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.