Edenburg vs Mertztown

A side-by-side comparison of Edenburg and Mertztown: population, income, housing, and more.

Edenburg and Mertztown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edenburg has the higher population (716 vs 630 in Mertztown). Edenburg has the higher median household income ($102,109 vs $64,318 in Mertztown). Edenburg has the higher median home value ($229,900 vs $173,300 in Mertztown).

Population, income & housing

	Edenburg	Mertztown
Population	716	630
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,109	$64,318
Median home value	$229,900	$173,300
Median gross rent	$1,659	$1,150
Housing units	291	240
Homeownership rate	82.6%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edenburg	Mertztown
Population	725 → 716 (-1.2%)	963 → 630 (-34.6%)
Median household income	$80,000 → $102,109 (+27.6%)	$60,531 → $64,318 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$149,500 → $229,900 (+53.8%)	$130,100 → $173,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,659 (+45.5%)	$897 → $1,150 (+28.2%)

Edenburg

Population

725716

Median household income

$80,000$102,109

Median home value

$149,500$229,900

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,659

Mertztown

Population

963630

Median household income

$60,531$64,318

Median home value

$130,100$173,300

Median gross rent

$897$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edenburg	Mertztown
Under 5	4.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	12.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	21.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	15.9%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edenburg	Mertztown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edenburg	Mertztown
No high school diploma	8.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edenburg	Mertztown
Drove alone	86.2%	87.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edenburg	Mertztown
1-unit, detached	88.0%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Edenburg	Mertztown
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1985	1964