Mercersville vs Tilghmanton

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

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

Tilghmanton has the higher population (267 vs 233 in Mercersville). Tilghmanton has the higher median household income ($104,778 vs $51,333 in Mercersville). Since 2019, Mercersville's population has grown faster (+161.8% vs -69.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
Population	233	267
Median age	58.5 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,333	$104,778
Median home value	—	$195,100
Housing units	102	124
Homeownership rate	73.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
Population	89 → 233 (+161.8%)	868 → 267 (-69.2%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $51,333 (+0.8%)	$101,354 → $104,778 (+3.4%)
Median home value	—	$218,800 → $195,100 (-10.8%)

Mercersville

Population

89233

Median household income

$50,938$51,333

Tilghmanton

Population

868267

Median household income

$101,354$104,778

Median home value

$218,800$195,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
Under 5	11.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	3.0%
45 to 54	4.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	33.5%	27.3%
65 to 74	19.3%	38.6%
75 and over	0.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	63.1%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
1-unit, detached	52.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	44.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
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

	Mercersville	Tilghmanton
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.15
Median year structure built	1975	1964