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Springfield township, Mercer County, PA

2,089 Population
27.3 square miles 76.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,021 ±$3,604 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,786 ±$8,073 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±6.2% (241  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±6.3 (20,440  ±3,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

808 ±90 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (2,084  ±287) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent 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

2.5% ±2% (13  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 1,164 (±0.9% / ±189)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

856 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$238,700 ±$24,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±1.4% (47  ±30.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±15.7% (1,277  ±155.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 91.7% 71,989 (±1.9% / ±1,463.1)
  • about the same as 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)
22.9% ±4.7% (321  ±76.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2.9% (148  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
148 Total veterans ±52 147 Male ±53 1 Female ±2

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