Mercer vs West Middlesex

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

Mercer and West Middlesex 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 1,063 in West Middlesex). West Middlesex has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $44,865 in Mercer). West Middlesex has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $130,300 in Mercer).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	West Middlesex
Population	1,847	1,063
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,865	$82,500
Median home value	$130,300	$156,100
Median gross rent	$644	$792
Housing units	932	452
Homeownership rate	54.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	West Middlesex
Population	1,784 → 1,847 (+3.5%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $44,865 (-6.6%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $130,300 (+15.6%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $644 (+10.3%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

Mercer

Population

1,7841,847

Median household income

$48,015$44,865

Median home value

$112,700$130,300

Median gross rent

$584$644

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mercer	West Middlesex
Under 5	9.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	26.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	97.7%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercer	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	West Middlesex
Drove alone	78.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercer	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	56.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	3.1%
20 or more units	12.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	15.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1951	1946