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Collegeville, PA

5,170 Population
1.6 square miles 3,289.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,037 ±$3,162 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $37,345 ±$181
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $32,889 ±$118
$110,921 ±$14,448 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $69,465 ±$371
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $59,445 ±$234

1.3% ±1% (45  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.6% 748,266 (±0.2% / ±11,056)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.8% 1,578,949 (±0.1% / ±16,967)

23.7 minutes ±1.5 (50,915  ±5,484) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.9 82,888,845 (±0.1 / ±404,038)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 154,924,705 (±0.1 / ±589,412)

Families

1,302 ±95 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,264,041 ±5,054
  • Pennsylvania: 5,025,132 ±9,263
2.6 ±0.2 (3,395  ±168) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,909,933 (±0 / ±3,538)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,366,049

1.3% ±1.2% (23  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 70,947 (±0.1% / ±2,065)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,398 (±0.1% / ±2,703)

Housing

1,346 ±98 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,478,671 ±1,500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,673,599 ±714

$325,700 ±$25,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $245,000 ±$847
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $174,100 ±$362

16.5% ±3.4% (850  ±176.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 712,907 (±0.2% / ±10,275.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,559,617 (±0.1% / ±13,554.2)

Social

97.6% ±7.6% (2,342  ±235.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 90.3% 3,769,200 (±0.3% / ±12,555.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.2% 8,047,345 (±0.2% / ±17,588.5)
58.8% ±6% (1,411  ±170.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 37% 1,545,546 (±0.2% / ±7,231.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 30.8% 2,745,317 (±0.1% / ±10,281.8)

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

6.4% ±2.2% (331  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.8% 653,086 (±0.1% / ±7,080)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.8% 865,720 (±0.1% / ±8,132)

4.7% ±1.5% (204  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 6.3% 298,501 (±0.1% / ±2,995)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 782,682 (±0% / ±4,091)
204 Total veterans ±64 168 Male ±57 36 Female ±36

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