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West Salem township, Mercer County, PA

3,201 Population
36.9 square miles 86.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,871 ±$4,407 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,688 ±$9,849 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.3% ±7.9% (384  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±6.9 (21,160  ±7,826) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,210 ±86 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,895  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,286 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,400 ±$25,681 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±3.9% (238  ±124.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±14.2% (2,322  ±385.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 91.7% 71,989 (±1.9% / ±1,463.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±6.3% (487  ±161.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.1% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±3.5% (284  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
284 Total veterans ±96 244 Male ±95 40 Female ±34

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