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Merion Station, PA

5,788 Population
1.3 square miles 4,354.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$115,864 ±$12,312 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
N/A Median household income

4.2% ±2.2% (245  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26.9 minutes ±10.6 (45,160  ±11,020) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,939 ±183 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.9 ±0.4 (5,653  ±520) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

4.7% ±3.4% (53  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,939 ±183 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$886,600 ±$28,323 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

5.6% ±3% (321  ±171.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.6% ±5.9% (3,752  ±408) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
84.5% ±6.3% (3,283  ±382.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

13.5% ±4.5% (781  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

2.6% ±1.2% (107  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
107 Total veterans ±51 107 Male ±51 N/A Female ±17

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