Mercersburg vs Mont Alto

A side-by-side comparison of Mercersburg and Mont Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

Mercersburg and Mont Alto 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 1,531 in Mont Alto). Mont Alto has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $69,583 in Mercersburg). Mercersburg has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $188,000 in Mont Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
Population	1,940	1,531
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$74,722
Median home value	$210,400	$188,000
Median gross rent	$784	$1,291
Housing units	879	634
Homeownership rate	59.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
Population	1,633 → 1,940 (+18.8%)	1,783 → 1,531 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$51,597 → $69,583 (+34.9%)	$62,159 → $74,722 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $210,400 (+20.0%)	$142,600 → $188,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $784 (+0.1%)	$986 → $1,291 (+30.9%)

Mercersburg

Population

1,6331,940

Median household income

$51,597$69,583

Median home value

$175,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$783$784

Mont Alto

Population

1,7831,531

Median household income

$62,159$74,722

Median home value

$142,600$188,000

Median gross rent

$986$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	19.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.7%
75 and over	10.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
No high school diploma	11.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
Drove alone	76.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
1-unit, detached	59.2%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Mercersburg	Mont Alto
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1948	1969