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Census Tract 304, Mercer, PA

2,758 Population
0.8 square miles 3,343.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sharon: 43 ±3.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$32,142 ±$4,451 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sharon: $26,858 ±$2,032
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$61,750 ±$13,356 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sharon: $45,670 † ±$5,603
  • a little higher than the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

12.3% ±7.1% (331  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sharon: 20% † 2,553 (±3.8% / ±483)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

13.4 minutes ±0.5 (14,250  ±3,621) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sharon: 18.4 † 91,065 (±2.9 / ±16,658)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,193 ±149 Number of households
  • Sharon: 6,155 ±273
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.2 (2,703  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sharon: 2.1 12,714 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

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

Housing

1,329 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Sharon: 7,000 ±315
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$116,600 ±$50,149 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sharon: $78,800 † ±$10,718
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

5.4% ±2.3% (149  ±67.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sharon: 12.2% † 1,553 (±3.2% / ±405.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.9% ±8% (1,864  ±269.4) 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)
35.5% ±6.9% (705  ±159.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Sharon: 18.4% † 1,677 (±2.9% / ±271.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about the same as 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

6.9% ±4.8% (189  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Sharon: 3.3% † 432 (±1.2% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

10% ±5.7% (209  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sharon: 7% † 713 (±1.8% / ±190)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
209 Total veterans ±122 209 Male ±122 N/A Female ±12

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