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Collegeville, PA

5,226 Population
1.6 square miles 3,324.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,205 ±$7,198 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$88,992 ±$24,317 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6.9% ±3.9% (229  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.2 minutes ±1.7 (49,715  ±7,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,563 ±159 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (3,339  ±124) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.8% ±1.6% (32  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,603 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$431,200 ±$39,884 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.1% ±4.9% (835  ±253) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97% ±13.3% (2,462  ±364.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
53.9% ±8.5% (1,368  ±228.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

2.7% ±1.5% (140  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.1% ±1% (93  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
93 Total veterans ±45 84 Male ±44 9 Female ±16

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