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Mercersburg, PA

1,940 Population
0.9 square miles 2,150.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,321 ±$6,258 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $39,149 ±$1,114
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$69,583 ±$13,365 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $74,946 ±$1,764
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.4% ±3.5% (197  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 7.8% † 11,995 (±0.8% / ±1,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.9 minutes ±5.7 (28,850  ±8,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24 1,612,930 (±0.9 / ±67,578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

799 ±128 Number of households
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 63,028 ±476
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.3 (1,907  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 2.5 154,791 (±0 / ±57)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.3% ±4.1% (25  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,589 (±1% / ±316)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

879 ±141 Number of housing units
  • the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 66,787 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$210,400 ±$17,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: $236,300 ±$4,420
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7% ±2.6% (133  ±57) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 10% † 15,579 (±1.1% / ±1,715.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.8% ±22.1% (1,278  ±195.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 90.7% 100,198 (±2% / ±2,197.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.2% ±2.8% (277  ±67.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 24% 26,471 (±1.1% / ±1,188.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

3.3% ±2.1% (63  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 3.9% 6,131
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.7% ±1.6% (91  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chambersburg, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 10,768 (±0.6% / ±734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
91 Total veterans ±31 87 Male ±30 4 Female ±6

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