Muse, Pennsylvania.
. Pittsburgh, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Muse, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Muse, in Washington County, had 2,525 people in the 2020 census. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then finance and property.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Muse is a small Pennsylvania community in Washington County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, far more than is typical across the country. It is a younger place than many readers might expect, with a median age on the youthful side, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and the town sees real snow each year along with a fair amount of rain through the seasons, while July is warm without being extreme.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by banks, insurance and property, other services, and shops. Across Washington County, the largest workplaces include Pennsylvania Western University, UPMC Washington and Canon-McMillan Schools. The typical commute is a moderate one, and a fair number of people work from home. Unemployment in the county has eased compared with a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Pittsburgh's best-known sights are a longer drive away from Muse. Among them are the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Andy Warhol Museum, both museums in the city. Acrisure Stadium, a stadium, is also a longer drive away, as is the Ohio River, one of the rivers that meet at Pittsburgh.
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- 825households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 22%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 89,399 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 32 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington Northeast weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Pennsylvania Western UniversityUniversity or college1,537
- Songer ServicesAddition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, industrial building1,319
- Upmc WashingtonGeneral hospital1,306FTE
- Lighthouse Electric CompanyElectrical contractors1,024
- Canon-McMillan SDSchool district676FTE
- Campbell Transportation Company (Vessel Operations)Freight transportation, inland waters672
- Monongahela Valley HospitalGeneral hospital668FTE
- Penn EntertainmentCasino hotels663
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 198 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 27,053 people in all across the county; Muse has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Muse’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Pittsburgh, PA metro.
Muse home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Muse address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Muse — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.