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West Middlesex borough, Mercer County, PA

1,063 Population
0.8 square miles 1,257.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 45.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,259 ±$4,135 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $33,320 ±$841
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$82,500 ±$24,887 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $60,614 ±$2,091
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.4% ±1.1% (25  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% † 13,135 (±1.3% / ±1,361)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.6 minutes ±13.1 (10,775  ±4,803) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 22 950,800 (±0.7 / ±40,464)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

444 ±135 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,123 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.5 (1,063  ±399) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 103,241 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

0.4% ±1.6% (1  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 1,264 (±1% / ±225)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

452 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,884 ±165
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$156,100 ±$24,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $153,600 ±$3,869
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.4% ±2.6% (36  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 9.1% 9,951 (±0.7% / ±807.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.7% ±38% (745  ±188.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 91.3% 71,869 (±1.9% / ±1,463.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.3% ±6.2% (160  ±69.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 25.1% 19,738 (±1.1% / ±830.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

2.5% ±1.8% (27  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 1.7% 1,834
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.1% ±2.9% (49  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 8.7% 7,707 (±0.6% / ±500)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
49 Total veterans ±28 40 Male ±24 9 Female ±10

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