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Upper Merion township, Montgomery County, PA

34,274 Population
17 square miles 2,019.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$63,731 ±$2,799 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $60,507 ±$803
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$115,936 ±$4,961 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $111,521 ±$1,430
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.2% ±1.2% (1,441  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montgomery County: 6.5% 54,662 (±0.4% / ±3,046)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.6 minutes ±2.3 (355,940  ±23,465) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 27.9 9,825,160 (±0.3 / ±138,334)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

15,131 ±413 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 333,514 ±976
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (34,133  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 838,834 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.8% ±2.5% (651  ±211) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 5.3% 10,226 (±0.4% / ±802)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

16,133 ±432 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 348,696 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$423,300 ±$14,883 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Montgomery County: $409,900 ±$3,286
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

14% ±2.2% (4,705  ±754.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 10.2% 86,901 (±0.4% / ±3,627.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.3% ±3.9% (25,144  ±1,102.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 94.9% 576,803 (±0.9% / ±5,273)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
63.1% ±3.1% (16,301  ±855.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 52.3% 317,581 (±0.6% / ±3,781.4)
  • nearly 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

19.4% ±1.9% (6,648  ±639) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 11.2% 96,190
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.7% ±1.2% (1,316  ±351) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Montgomery County: 4.9% 33,223 (±0.2% / ±1,415)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,316 Total veterans ±351 1,274 Male ±351 42 Female ±26

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