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Census Tract 312, Mercer, PA

5,787 Population
11.6 square miles 498 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hermitage: 49.9 ±2.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$46,762 ±$5,590 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hermitage: $45,805 ±$3,841
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$83,244 ±$14,777 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hermitage: $70,052 † ±$8,128
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7.6% ±7.1% (430  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hermitage: 10.9% † 1,710 (±3.7% / ±584)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 13.2% 13,486 (±1% / ±994)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

21.5 minutes ±8.2 (44,800  ±19,311) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hermitage: 20.3 † 126,460 (±2.8 / ±20,596)
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,583 ±220 Number of households
  • Hermitage: 7,728 ±299
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.3 (5,749  ±450) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hermitage: 2 15,746 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

11.5% ±11.7% (102  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Hermitage: 6.2% † 186 (±4% / ±123)
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 5.3% † 1,164 (±0.9% / ±189)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,583 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Hermitage: 8,006 ±325
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$219,700 ±$17,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hermitage: $199,500 ±$12,262
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

11.8% ±6.1% (677  ±352.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hermitage: 10.2% † 1,624 (±3% / ±483.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 9% 9,787 (±0.7% / ±778.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

92.6% ±7.4% (4,267  ±490.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hermitage: 92.4% 11,705 (±5.5% / ±785.7)
  • 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)
39.7% ±6.4% (1,828  ±331.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hermitage: 35.2% † 4,458 (±4.1% / ±531.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 25.6% 20,110 (±1.1% / ±881.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.4% ±2.1% (138  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hermitage: 3.2% † 511 (±1.1% / ±169)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

11.3% ±3.6% (551  ±183) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hermitage: 10.6% † 1,421 (±2% / ±265)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 8.6% 7,562 (±0.5% / ±462)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
551 Total veterans ±183 551 Male ±183 N/A Female ±17

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