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Collegeville, PA

5,105 Population
1.6 square miles 3,247.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.5 ±6.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$34,570 ±$4,003 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $40,420 ±$221
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
$92,174 ±$22,458 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $74,825 ±$475
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256

3.1% ±2.9% (102  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 705,750 (±0.2% / ±13,679)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)

24.7 minutes ±2.2 (52,170  ±7,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 30.1 81,717,565 (±0.1 / ±472,543)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)

Families

1,536 ±167 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,311,452 ±4,419
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
2.2 ±0.3 (3,327  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.6 5,933,844 (±0 / ±2,543)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980

1.5% ±1.4% (28  ±26) 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% 70,541 (±0.1% / ±1,996)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)

Housing

1,589 ±170 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,497,830 ±1,012
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914

$312,100 ±$31,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $259,500 ±$1,060
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571

18.4% ±4.7% (939  ±237.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.9% 714,042 (±0.2% / ±10,481.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)

Social

97.5% ±9.8% (2,516  ±338.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.2% 3,852,675 (±0.4% / ±15,255.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
54.2% ±6.5% (1,399  ±208.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 38.7% 1,634,591 (±0.2% / ±9,335.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)

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

5.3% ±2% (270  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.1% 676,071 (±0.1% / ±7,880)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)

3.8% ±1.4% (168  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.9% 281,156 (±0.1% / ±3,394)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
168 Total veterans ±62 140 Male ±54 28 Female ±35

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