Fort Washington vs Merion Station

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

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

Fort Washington has the higher population (6,105 vs 5,796 in Merion Station). Merion Station has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $159,302 in Fort Washington). Merion Station has the higher median home value ($875,500 vs $561,000 in Fort Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
Population	6,105	5,796
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$159,302	$250,001
Median home value	$561,000	$875,500
Median gross rent	$2,031	$2,395
Housing units	2,370	1,952
Homeownership rate	80.4%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.3%	85.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
Population	5,728 → 6,105 (+6.6%)	5,014 → 5,796 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$118,922 → $159,302 (+34.0%)	$223,430 → $250,001 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$432,400 → $561,000 (+29.7%)	$677,000 → $875,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,663 → $2,031 (+22.1%)	$1,735 → $2,395 (+38.0%)

Fort Washington

Population

5,7286,105

Median household income

$118,922$159,302

Median home value

$432,400$561,000

Median gross rent

$1,663$2,031

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)

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
Under 5	5.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	24.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.5%
75 and over	10.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.7%
High school graduate	10.9%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	60.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
Drove alone	63.1%	46.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.8%
Public transit	2.3%	7.7%
Walked	1.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	27.9%	39.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
1-unit, detached	69.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Washington	Merion Station
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1968	1938