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Merion Station, PA

5,796 Population
1.3 square miles 4,360.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$113,467 ±$12,906 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$250,001 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.7% ±1.4% (154  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.2 minutes ±8.5 (44,810  ±9,667) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,929 ±183 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.9 ±0 (5,658  ±542) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.2% ±4% (77  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,952 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$875,500 ±$27,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.5% ±4.3% (600  ±252.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

99.3% ±3% (3,759  ±397.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
85.3% ±4.4% (3,230  ±366.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • 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

13.6% ±4% (790  ±241) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.1% ±1.8% (123  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
123 Total veterans ±73 123 Male ±73 N/A Female ±16

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