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Lower Merion School District, PA

66,949 Population
24.1 square miles 2,776.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Montgomery County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$106,778 ±$13,278 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Montgomery County: $59,425 ±$1,747
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$174,555 ±$26,135 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Montgomery County: $106,748 ±$2,787
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

5.6% ±2.5% (3,556  ±1,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 7% † 58,892 (±0.7% / ±6,299)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

27.6 minutes ±0.8 (633,385  ±38,019) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • 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

25,818 ±1,315 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 338,467 ±2,521
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.5 ±0.1 (63,231  ±715) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 2.5 845,569 (±0 / ±287)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

3.2% ±2.6% (513  ±425) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montgomery County: 5.8% † 11,117 (±1% / ±1,997)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

26,890 ±1,427 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 352,167 ±150
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$798,400 ±$42,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Montgomery County: $445,000 ±$7,232
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

12.4% ±3.7% (8,230  ±2,482.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 8.7% 74,857 (±0.8% / ±6,556.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

98.6% ±2.6% (44,931  ±1,426.7) High school grad or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • 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% (35,918  ±1,182.3) Bachelor's degree or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • 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

11.8% ±2.5% (7,889  ±1,674) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 11.6% 100,736
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

3.8% ±1.3% (1,980  ±665) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 4.6% 31,677 (±0.4% / ±2,761)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
1,980 Total veterans ±665 1,851 Male ±617 129 Female ±126

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