Bagtown vs Mercersville

A side-by-side comparison of Bagtown and Mercersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bagtown and Mercersville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mercersville has the higher population (233 vs 226 in Bagtown). Bagtown has the higher median household income ($89,688 vs $51,333 in Mercersville). Since 2019, Mercersville's population has grown faster (+161.8% vs -41.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bagtown	Mercersville
Population	226	233
Median age	59.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,688	$51,333
Median home value	$280,600	—
Housing units	85	102
Homeownership rate	91.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagtown	Mercersville
Population	386 → 226 (-41.5%)	89 → 233 (+161.8%)
Median household income	$104,451 → $89,688 (-14.1%)	$50,938 → $51,333 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$199,300 → $280,600 (+40.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,216 (+4.6%)	—

Bagtown

Population

386226

Median household income

$104,451$89,688

Median home value

$199,300$280,600

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,216

Mercersville

Population

89233

Median household income

$50,938$51,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagtown	Mercersville
Under 5	9.7%	11.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	33.5%
65 to 74	25.2%	19.3%
75 and over	15.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagtown	Mercersville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagtown	Mercersville
No high school diploma	13.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	62.8%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagtown	Mercersville
Drove alone	100.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagtown	Mercersville
1-unit, detached	88.2%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	44.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bagtown	Mercersville
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1977	1975