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Mercer County, PA

108,503 Population
672.5 square miles 161.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,340 ±$1,478 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,669 ±$2,119 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.5% ±2.3% (11,680  ±2,309) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22 minutes ±0.7 (950,800  ±40,464) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

47,517 ±924 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0 (101,899  ±140) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±1.8% (914  ±399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

51,032 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$166,800 ±$8,448 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.7% ±1.5% (8,250  ±1,607.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.2% ±4% (72,538  ±3,124) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24.3% ±2.2% (18,899  ±1,708.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% (1,388  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.9% ±1.3% (7,858  ±1,161) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,858 Total veterans ±1,161 7,073 Male ±1,082 785 Female ±366

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