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Perry township, Mercer County, PA

1,139 Population
18 square miles 63.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 45.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,122 ±$2,875 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $33,320 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$54,250 ±$12,324 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $60,614 ±$2,091
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.6% ±3.9% (86  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% † 13,135 (±1.3% / ±1,361)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.2 minutes ±10.8 (11,940  ±3,126) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mercer County: 22 950,800 (±0.7 / ±40,464)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

481 ±91 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,123 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.6 (1,139  ±211) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 103,241 (±0 / ±93)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

13% ±9.9% (25  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 1,264 (±1% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

573 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,884 ±165
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$142,200 ±$42,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $153,600 ±$3,869
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.8% ±2.8% (42  ±32.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 9.1% 9,951 (±0.7% / ±807.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88% ±20.5% (762  ±109.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 91.3% 71,869 (±1.9% / ±1,463.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
16.4% ±3.2% (142  ±38) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 25.1% 19,738 (±1.1% / ±830.2)
  • about half 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

0.5% ±0.6% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mercer County: 1.7% 1,834
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

13.3% ±5.6% (121  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 8.7% 7,707 (±0.6% / ±500)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
121 Total veterans ±55 112 Male ±53 9 Female ±8

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