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Census Tract 318, Mercer, PA

4,618 Population
94.4 square miles 48.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sheakleyville: 37.5 † ±12
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 45.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,146 ±$1,827 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sheakleyville: $29,668 † ±$6,296
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $34,033 ±$885
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$59,516 ±$5,382 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sheakleyville: $73,542 † ±$8,100
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $59,976 ±$1,687
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

12.4% ±2.8% (570  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sheakleyville: 9% † 9 (±6% / ±7)
  • a little less than 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)

26.2 minutes ±0.3 (44,920  ±4,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sheakleyville: 21.2 † 1,125 (±14 / ±480)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 21.7 907,435 (±0.8 / ±39,501)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,900 ±132 Number of households
  • Sheakleyville: 41 † ±14
  • Mercer County: 46,524 ±489
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.2 (4,618  ±281) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sheakleyville: 2.4 † 100 (±0.6 / ±41)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 102,620 (±0 / ±89)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

8.5% ±3.2% (67  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Sheakleyville: 0%
  • 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

2,215 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Sheakleyville: 58 † ±18
  • Mercer County: 50,930 ±117
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$156,500 ±$9,236 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Sheakleyville: $86,700 † ±$18,372
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $164,000 ±$3,160
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

5.6% ±1.5% (256  ±69.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sheakleyville: 21% † 21 (±18.1% / ±20)
  • 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

86.8% ±7.6% (2,833  ±164.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sheakleyville: 89.2% † 58 (±53.9% / ±43)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 91.7% 71,989 (±1.9% / ±1,463.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
18.5% ±1.8% (604  ±69.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Sheakleyville: 9.2% † 6 (±49.1% / ±32)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.7% ±0.5% (31  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • Sheakleyville: 0%
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 1.8% 1,933
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

10.3% ±1.9% (367  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sheakleyville: 9.1% † 7 (±8.2% / ±7)
  • 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)
367 Total veterans ±71 349 Male ±69 18 Female ±9

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