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Mertztown, PA

530 Population
1.1 square miles 503.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±16.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,180 ±$4,116 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $39,815 ±$711
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,227 ±$35,550 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $79,777 ±$1,206
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.4% ±4.9% (18  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 51,396 (±0.8% / ±3,143)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±1 (4,530  ±2,289) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 25.4 4,656,105 (±0.4 / ±91,663)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

212 ±81 Number of households
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 163,236 ±819
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (530  ±203) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 2.6 419,386 (±0 / ±289)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

212 ±81 Number of housing units
  • the Reading, PA Metro Area: 171,580 ±199
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,000 ±$24,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Reading, PA Metro Area: $257,300 ±$3,633
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±17.6% (52  ±95.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 44,240 (±0.7% / ±2,817.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±49.9% (376  ±133.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 88.4% 262,321 (±1.2% / ±3,673)
  • a little less than 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)
15.4% ±14.7% (65  ±68.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 27.7% 82,163 (±0.8% / ±2,238)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

3.6% ±5.3% (19  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 9.7% 42,175
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.8% ±14.2% (69  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Reading, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 18,922 (±0.3% / ±881)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
69 Total veterans ±72 56 Male ±54 13 Female ±23

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