Farm insurance in Murrysville, Pennsylvania

In Westmoreland County, home to Murrysville and its roughly 20,729 residents, the Census Bureau counted 8 agricultural and forestry support businesses, 3 farm supply wholesalers, 21 nursery, garden, and farm supply stores in 2023. Most farms themselves are not part of that count, which covers the businesses that serve them.

Westmoreland County farm-related businesses

Census County Business Patterns, 2023; crop and livestock production is mostly excluded.

Westmoreland County's agricultural support businesses employed 27 people in 2023. These are the custom harvesters, sprayers, farm managers, and livestock service firms that farms hire, and their work on your land can raise liability questions on both sides.

How Murrysville households get around

In Murrysville, 7% of households keep three or more vehicles, more than the Pennsylvania share of 4%. Every one of them shares rural roads with slow-moving farm equipment.

Commuting data for Murrysville: 67% drive alone, 2% carpool. Harvest season puts grain trucks and commuter traffic on the same roads at the same hours.

2% of Murrysville households are car-free. Outside town, nearly everyone drives, and fire department response times stretch with distance, which is why insurers ask how far your buildings are from the nearest station.

Murrysville housing

The median home in Murrysville was built in 1979 (Pennsylvania: 1965). Newer homes in town contrast with older farmhouses in the countryside, which may carry very different insurance profiles.

Murrysville has 8,792.0 housing units, 92% of them single-family, and 9% of households rent. Hired farm workers and young families starting out often rent in town while working on nearby farms.

There are 8,367 households in Murrysville, and 2% of its 10,068 workers carpool while 0.8% use transit. Farms hiring seasonal help from Murrysville should think about how those workers will get to the field each day.

Remote work accounts for 29% of Murrysville's workforce (state: 16%). Farm families running a side business from the farmhouse, such as bookkeeping or an online shop, should mention it to their agent.

American Community Survey 2020–2024 (vehicles, commuting, year built, structure type, tenure); Census 2024 population estimates.

BLS estimates 2,940 crop, nursery, and greenhouse farmworkers on Pennsylvania payrolls, with a median wage of $37,010; livestock farmworkers number 1,330 at a median $35,360 (May 2025). Owners and family members are not counted.

50% of Westmoreland County's employer establishments are micro-businesses. The county holds 2.7% of the state's employers. Farm stands and on-farm shops near Murrysville join that small-business economy, with product and premises liability to match.

Practical farm habits around Murrysville

• Clear snow from wide barn roofs.
• Lock fuel tanks and record equipment serial numbers.
• Review your farm policy before planting season.
• Walk road-side fences after storms.

Farms near Murrysville with a stand or U-pick should read agritourism and farm stands.

Around Murrysville

Philadelphia County, home to Philadelphia, counts 6 ag support businesses. Businesses with employees in Pittsburgh's county: 33,812. Of our 30 Pennsylvania town pages, Murrysville places 1st for households with three or more vehicles.

Getting ready for a Murrysville-area farm quote

• Visitors: Stands, U-pick, events
• Livestock: Species, numbers, values
• Dwellings: Age, construction, heating
• Buildings: Barns, sheds, bins, with values
• Acres: Owned and rented, and their uses
• Help: Hired workers and payroll

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Last updated October 15, 2026 · How we research