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Collegeville, PA

5,279 Population
1.6 square miles 3,358.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,510 ±$4,865 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $34,118 ±$168
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $30,137 ±$97
$105,761 ±$23,662 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $63,952 ±$381
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $54,895 ±$185

1.5% ±2% (52  ±71) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 13.1% 774,678 (±0.2% / ±10,265)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 13.3% 1,647,762 (±0.1% / ±15,174)

22.9 minutes ±1.7 (50,580  ±5,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.2 79,293,080 (±0.1 / ±395,837)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 150,241,930 (±0.1 / ±573,449)

Families

1,328 ±105 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,235,205 ±5,379
  • Pennsylvania: 4,961,929 ±11,212
2.7 ±0.3 (3,560  ±167) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,886,244 (±0 / ±2,978)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,354,826 (±0)

1% ±1.1% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5% 73,891 (±0.1% / ±1,946)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 147,204 (±0.1% / ±2,439)

Housing

1,429 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,449,355 ±1,258
  • Pennsylvania: 5,592,175 ±2,030

$302,800 ±$18,744 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: $237,700 ±$553
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $167,700 ±$301

18.9% ±3.7% (990  ±195.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.6% 691,197 (±0.2% / ±9,946.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,541,784 (±0.1% / ±14,628.4)

Social

97.3% ±7.5% (2,399  ±243.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 89.7% 3,690,928 (±0.3% / ±11,769.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 89.5% 7,924,160 (±0.2% / ±17,413.2)
56% ±6.2% (1,380  ±177.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 35.5% 1,461,687 (±0.2% / ±7,406)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 29.3% 2,595,950 (±0.1% / ±10,708.1)

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

5.3% ±1.9% (278  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.3% 622,091 (±0.1% / ±5,695)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 818,363 (±0.1% / ±6,743)

5.2% ±1.5% (232  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 6.8% 318,623 (±0.1% / ±3,002)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 840,258 (±0.1% / ±4,737)
232 Total veterans ±67 217 Male ±64 15 Female ±12

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