A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Export$790/mo

Typical home $137K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $757/mo · Housing →

Confluence$850/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $656/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Confluence and Export.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

44 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ExportPA ConfluencePA

Export ↔ Confluence44 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

ExportConfluence

People

Population 857Highest 577Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.5%Highest PA: +2.4% -7.4%Lowest PA: +2.4%

Median age 48.8±9.2Lowest 19% above PA 50.6±7.9Highest 24% above PA

Confluence and Export are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 11.6%±5.6Highest PA: 20.4% 9.9%±4Lowest PA: 20.4%

Export and Confluence are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.2%±5.1Lowest PA: 19.5% 26.3%±7.3Highest PA: 19.5%

Confluence and Export are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.3%Highest PA: 35.2% 23.3%Lowest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±7Highest PA: 6.1% 0.3%±2.2Lowest PA: 6.1%

Export and Confluence are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,316±$11kLowest 28% below PA $58,167±$6kHighest 25% below PA

Confluence and Export are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,100±$44kHighest 38% below PA $154,700±$11kLowest 39% below PA

Export and Confluence are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $757±$104Highest 37% below PA $656±$56Lowest 46% below PA

Export and Confluence are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,030Highest 69% below PA $989Lowest 70% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 39.1%±17.2Lowest PA: 48.2% 60%±13.4Highest PA: 48.2%

Confluence and Export are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 9.7%Lowest PA: 11.7% 10.7%Highest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.2%Lowest PA: 69.3% 61.3%Highest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 20 yrs older than PA 1955Highest 10 yrs older than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 14% above PA 48 minHighest 82% above PA

Work from home 17.5%±11.9Highest PA: 15.6% 13.3%±7.1Lowest PA: 15.6%

Export and Confluence are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 4.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.53Highest 0.42Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Murrysville (15%)Wharton Township (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ConfluenceFew work in Export

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7%Lowest 11.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 112Highest 37.7Lowest

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Export vs Confluence

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Confluence gets 33 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs about the same each month

44 miles apart

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