Mertztown vs New Jerusalem

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

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

New Jerusalem has the higher population (631 vs 630 in Mertztown). New Jerusalem has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $64,318 in Mertztown). New Jerusalem has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $173,300 in Mertztown).

Population, income & housing

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
Population	630	631
Median age	43.7 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,318	$103,750
Median home value	$173,300	$271,900
Median gross rent	$1,150	—
Housing units	240	240
Homeownership rate	82.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
Population	963 → 630 (-34.6%)	424 → 631 (+48.8%)
Median household income	$60,531 → $64,318 (+6.3%)	$71,250 → $103,750 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $173,300 (+33.2%)	$172,000 → $271,900 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$897 → $1,150 (+28.2%)	—

Mertztown

Population

963630

Median household income

$60,531$64,318

Median home value

$130,100$173,300

Median gross rent

$897$1,150

New Jerusalem

Population

424631

Median household income

$71,250$103,750

Median home value

$172,000$271,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
Under 5	7.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.9%	1.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	15.2%
75 and over	7.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	91.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
Drove alone	87.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
1-unit, detached	52.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	21.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mertztown	New Jerusalem
Poverty rate	5.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1964	1956