Bryn Mawr vs Merion Station

A side-by-side comparison of Bryn Mawr and Merion Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Bryn Mawr and Merion Station are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Merion Station has the higher population (5,796 vs 5,777 in Bryn Mawr). Merion Station has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $87,218 in Bryn Mawr). Merion Station has the higher median home value ($875,500 vs $391,900 in Bryn Mawr).

Population, income & housing

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
Population	5,777	5,796
Median age	25.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,218	$250,001
Median home value	$391,900	$875,500
Median gross rent	$2,113	$2,395
Housing units	2,200	1,952
Homeownership rate	44.7%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.2%	85.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
Population	3,708 → 5,777 (+55.8%)	5,014 → 5,796 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $87,218 (+20.3%)	$223,430 → $250,001 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$296,400 → $391,900 (+32.2%)	$677,000 → $875,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,510 → $2,113 (+39.9%)	$1,735 → $2,395 (+38.0%)

Bryn Mawr

Population

3,7085,777

Median household income

$72,500$87,218

Median home value

$296,400$391,900

Median gross rent

$1,510$2,113

Merion Station

Population

5,0145,796

Median household income

$223,430$250,001

Median home value

$677,000$875,500

Median gross rent

$1,735$2,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
Under 5	1.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	24.4%
18 to 24	41.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	2.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.5%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	8.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	15.8%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.6%	60.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
Drove alone	41.4%	46.3%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.8%
Public transit	6.3%	7.7%
Walked	20.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.8%	39.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
1-unit, detached	17.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	32.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	21.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bryn Mawr	Merion Station
Poverty rate	20.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1952	1938