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Census Tract 303, Mercer, PA

3,097 Population
0.7 square miles 4,253.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±6.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sharon: 43 ±3.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$28,822 ±$4,088 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sharon: $26,858 ±$2,032
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$53,160 ±$6,897 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sharon: $45,670 † ±$5,603
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

13% ±5.2% (400  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sharon: 20% † 2,553 (±3.8% / ±483)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

16.5 minutes ±2.4 (25,830  ±7,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sharon: 18.4 † 91,065 (±2.9 / ±16,658)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,456 ±179 Number of households
  • Sharon: 6,155 ±273
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.1 ±0.2 (3,043  ±430) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sharon: 2.1 12,714 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5.9% ±4.9% (47  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sharon: 4.4% † 122 (±2.2% / ±64)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 1,164 (±0.9% / ±189)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,630 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Sharon: 7,000 ±315
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$64,300 ±$14,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sharon: $78,800 † ±$10,718
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.3% ±5.4% (285  ±169.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sharon: 12.2% † 1,553 (±3.2% / ±405.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.4% ±7.6% (2,002  ±305.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sharon: 90.7% 8,259 (±5.7% / ±604.5)
  • 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)
17% ±6.6% (365  ±148.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sharon: 18.4% † 1,677 (±2.9% / ±271.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.2% ±2.9% (100  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Sharon: 3.3% † 432 (±1.2% / ±158)
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.4% ±3.6% (215  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sharon: 7% † 713 (±1.8% / ±190)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
215 Total veterans ±97 206 Male ±95 9 Female ±16

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