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Collegeville, PA

5,221 Population
1.6 square miles 3,321.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,465 ±$4,588 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $35,652 ±$182
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $31,476 ±$119
$103,828 ±$13,307 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $66,285 ±$354
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $56,951 ±$205

1.2% ±1.1% (40  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 13.1% 773,077 (±0.2% / ±10,902)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 13.1% 1,623,537 (±0.1% / ±17,104)

22.4 minutes ±1.8 (48,315  ±5,294) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.5 80,969,140 (±0.1 / ±428,703)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 152,407,165 (±0.1 / ±582,083)

Families

1,322 ±108 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,253,471 ±5,237
  • Pennsylvania: 5,007,442 ±10,133
2.6 ±0.3 (3,470  ±187) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,905,055 (±0 / ±2,425)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,363,237

1.4% ±1.3% (24  ±23) 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% 71,723 (±0.1% / ±1,969)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 147,285 (±0.1% / ±2,754)

Housing

1,373 ±111 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,469,188 ±1,221
  • Pennsylvania: 5,653,599 ±882

$297,100 ±$21,095 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $240,700 ±$708
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $170,500 ±$301

16.9% ±4.1% (879  ±210.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 699,954 (±0.1% / ±8,307.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,555,853 (±0.1% / ±14,169.7)

Social

96.7% ±7.9% (2,327  ±243.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 90% 3,736,087 (±0.3% / ±12,794.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 89.9% 7,986,971 (±0.2% / ±18,368.5)
56.2% ±6.6% (1,353  ±182.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 36.2% 1,502,084 (±0.2% / ±7,576.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 30.1% 2,673,219 (±0.1% / ±10,637.4)

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

6.3% ±2.2% (331  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.5% 638,524 (±0.1% / ±6,883)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 841,731 (±0.1% / ±7,628)

4.9% ±1.4% (213  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 6.5% 304,901 (±0.1% / ±3,272)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 803,420 (±0% / ±4,535)
213 Total veterans ±61 173 Male ±52 40 Female ±40

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