Fort Loudon vs Mercersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Loudon and Mercersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mercersburg has the higher population (1,940 vs 1,044 in Fort Loudon). Fort Loudon has the higher median household income ($118,269 vs $69,583 in Mercersburg). Fort Loudon has the higher median home value ($271,400 vs $210,400 in Mercersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
Population	1,044	1,940
Median age	25.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,269	$69,583
Median home value	$271,400	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$784
Housing units	597	879
Homeownership rate	95.6%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
Population	822 → 1,044 (+27.0%)	1,633 → 1,940 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$98,264 → $118,269 (+20.4%)	$51,597 → $69,583 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$148,000 → $271,400 (+83.4%)	$175,300 → $210,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$783 → $784 (+0.1%)

Fort Loudon

Population

8221,044

Median household income

$98,264$118,269

Median home value

$148,000$271,400

Mercersburg

Population

1,6331,940

Median household income

$51,597$69,583

Median home value

$175,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$783$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	4.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	40.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	2.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	25.9%	8.0%
75 and over	4.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
No high school diploma	20.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	51.0%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
Drove alone	28.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	66.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
1-unit, detached	93.6%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Loudon	Mercersburg
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1993	1948