Mercersburg vs Wayne Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Mercersburg and Wayne Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wayne Heights has the higher population (3,496 vs 1,940 in Mercersburg). Wayne Heights has the higher median household income ($88,450 vs $69,583 in Mercersburg). Wayne Heights has the higher median home value ($256,300 vs $210,400 in Mercersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
Population	1,940	3,496
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$88,450
Median home value	$210,400	$256,300
Median gross rent	$784	$1,163
Housing units	879	1,405
Homeownership rate	59.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
Population	1,633 → 1,940 (+18.8%)	2,616 → 3,496 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$51,597 → $69,583 (+34.9%)	$66,620 → $88,450 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $210,400 (+20.0%)	$206,600 → $256,300 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $784 (+0.1%)	$936 → $1,163 (+24.3%)

Mercersburg

Population

1,6331,940

Median household income

$51,597$69,583

Median home value

$175,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$783$784

Wayne Heights

Population

2,6163,496

Median household income

$66,620$88,450

Median home value

$206,600$256,300

Median gross rent

$936$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
Under 5	5.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.9%
75 and over	10.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
No high school diploma	11.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	48.6%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
Drove alone	76.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
1-unit, detached	59.2%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	22.2%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mercersburg	Wayne Heights
Poverty rate	10.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1948	1992