Mercer vs Stoneboro

A side-by-side comparison of Mercer and Stoneboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mercer has the higher population (1,847 vs 794 in Stoneboro). Stoneboro has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $44,865 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $109,400 in Stoneboro).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	Stoneboro
Population	1,847	794
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,865	$55,417
Median home value	$130,300	$109,400
Median gross rent	$644	$863
Housing units	932	433
Homeownership rate	54.1%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	Stoneboro
Population	1,784 → 1,847 (+3.5%)	871 → 794 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $44,865 (-6.6%)	$42,083 → $55,417 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $130,300 (+15.6%)	$100,600 → $109,400 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $644 (+10.3%)	$713 → $863 (+21.0%)

Mercer

Population

1,7841,847

Median household income

$48,015$44,865

Median home value

$112,700$130,300

Median gross rent

$584$644

Stoneboro

Population

871794

Median household income

$42,083$55,417

Median home value

$100,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$713$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercer	Stoneboro
Under 5	9.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.2%
75 and over	8.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	Stoneboro
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercer	Stoneboro
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	Stoneboro
Drove alone	78.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercer	Stoneboro
1-unit, detached	56.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	12.8%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	Stoneboro
Poverty rate	15.3%	17.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1951	1952