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Collegeville, PA

5,152 Population
1.6 square miles 3,277.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,697 ±$3,136 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $39,091 ±$195
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $34,352 ±$135
$112,500 ±$13,644 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $72,343 ±$415
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $61,744 ±$189

1.3% ±1.1% (43  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 12.4% 732,592 (±0.2% / ±12,084)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,539,183 (±0.2% / ±18,184)

24.3 minutes ±2.2 (53,840  ±6,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 30.2 84,446,655 (±0.1 / ±454,759)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 157,372,970 (±0.1 / ±580,939)

Families

1,326 ±124 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,280,112 ±4,931
  • Pennsylvania: 5,053,106 ±9,552
2.5 ±0.3 (3,352  ±244) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,919,998 (±0 / ±3,641)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,367,989

1.6% ±1.5% (30  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 71,326 (±0.1% / ±1,803)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,468 (±0.1% / ±2,513)

Housing

1,354 ±123 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,488,203 ±1,495
  • Pennsylvania: 5,693,314 ±749

$335,400 ±$21,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $250,700 ±$905
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $180,200 ±$455

17% ±3.7% (873  ±187.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 713,278 (±0.2% / ±9,430.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,564,247 (±0.1% / ±14,319.9)

Social

97.4% ±6.7% (2,347  ±251.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 90.7% 3,807,243 (±0.3% / ±13,460.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.5% 8,105,322 (±0.2% / ±19,506.5)
59.4% ±6.3% (1,432  ±191.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 37.9% 1,589,119 (±0.2% / ±8,427.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.4% 2,814,285 (±0.1% / ±11,668.7)

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

5.6% ±2.4% (288  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 666,668 (±0.1% / ±7,256)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 882,350 (±0.1% / ±8,058)

4.5% ±1.6% (195  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 6.1% 290,339 (±0.1% / ±2,844)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 759,474 (±0.1% / ±5,125)
195 Total veterans ±71 166 Male ±61 29 Female ±36

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