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Lower Merion township, Montgomery County, PA

63,903 Population
23.6 square miles 2,706.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$107,156 ±$5,884 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Montgomery County: $60,507 ±$803
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$172,174 ±$12,289 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Montgomery County: $111,521 ±$1,430
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.7% ±1.3% (3,452  ±765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 6.5% 54,662 (±0.4% / ±3,046)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.7 minutes ±1 (590,360  ±37,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 27.9 9,825,160 (±0.3 / ±138,334)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

24,234 ±623 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 333,514 ±976
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (60,347  ±77) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 838,834 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.8% ±1.4% (681  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 5.3% 10,226 (±0.4% / ±802)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

25,305 ±614 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 348,696 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$788,700 ±$27,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Montgomery County: $409,900 ±$3,286
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.7% ±1.6% (8,017  ±1,009.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 10.2% 86,901 (±0.4% / ±3,627.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.6% ±2.7% (41,753  ±1,395.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 94.9% 576,803 (±0.9% / ±5,273)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
78.8% ±2.2% (33,398  ±1,154.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 52.3% 317,581 (±0.6% / ±3,781.4)
  • more than double 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

12% ±1.1% (7,644  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 11.2% 96,190
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4% ±0.6% (1,923  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 4.9% 33,223 (±0.2% / ±1,415)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,923 Total veterans ±280 1,799 Male ±279 124 Female ±89

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