Chewsville vs Mercersville

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

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

Chewsville has the higher population (299 vs 233 in Mercersville). Chewsville has the higher median household income ($110,909 vs $51,333 in Mercersville). Since 2019, Mercersville's population has grown faster (+161.8% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Chewsville	Mercersville
Population	299	233
Median age	37.3 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,909	$51,333
Median home value	$223,200	—
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	142	102
Homeownership rate	69.4%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chewsville	Mercersville
Population	335 → 299 (-10.7%)	89 → 233 (+161.8%)
Median household income	$151,161 → $110,909 (-26.6%)	$50,938 → $51,333 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $223,200 (+15.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,188 (+10.8%)	—

Chewsville

Population

335299

Median household income

$151,161$110,909

Median home value

$192,800$223,200

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,188

Mercersville

Population

89233

Median household income

$50,938$51,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chewsville	Mercersville
Under 5	20.7%	11.6%
5 to 17	5.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	41.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	4.7%
55 to 64	4.7%	33.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	19.3%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chewsville	Mercersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chewsville	Mercersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.4%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chewsville	Mercersville
Drove alone	36.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	59.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chewsville	Mercersville
1-unit, detached	84.5%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	44.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chewsville	Mercersville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1956	1975