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Census Tract 309, Mercer, PA

2,686 Population
1 square miles 2,704.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.1 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Farrell: 43.7 † ±5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$36,011 ±$8,838 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Farrell: $30,068 † ±$5,732
  • a little higher than the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$44,909 ±$5,410 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Farrell: $42,595 † ±$7,824
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

19% ±8% (504  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Farrell: 23.7% † 988 (±6.6% / ±275)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

15.7 minutes ±2.7 (15,010  ±4,338) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Farrell: 15.3 † 21,810 (±2.3 / ±4,579)
  • 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

1,431 ±177 Number of households
  • Farrell: 2,079 ±194
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.9 ±0.3 (2,643  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Farrell: 2 4,152 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

8.1% ±7.9% (36  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Farrell: 4.5% † 36 (±4.5% / ±37)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 1,164 (±0.9% / ±189)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,561 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Farrell: 2,209 ±211
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$89,600 ±$15,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Farrell: $87,800 † ±$15,526
  • about half the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

1.7% ±1.2% (44  ±32.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Farrell: 1.8% † 75 (±1.2% / ±49.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

92.8% ±11.2% (1,790  ±281.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Farrell: 91.9% † 2,598 (±9.7% / ±315.3)
  • 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)
20.5% ±7.1% (396  ±143.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Farrell: 15.3% † 431 (±5.1% / ±147.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.2% ±2.5% (58  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Farrell: 1.4% † 58 (±1.6% / ±67)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.5% ±5.3% (138  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Farrell: 5.1% † 158 (±3.7% / ±116)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
138 Total veterans ±113 138 Male ±113 N/A Female ±12

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