Gilbertsville vs Merion Station

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

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

Gilbertsville has the higher population (5,999 vs 5,796 in Merion Station). Merion Station has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $117,426 in Gilbertsville). Merion Station has the higher median home value ($875,500 vs $354,700 in Gilbertsville).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
Population	5,999	5,796
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,426	$250,001
Median home value	$354,700	$875,500
Median gross rent	$1,089	$2,395
Housing units	2,242	1,952
Homeownership rate	81.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	85.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
Population	5,438 → 5,999 (+10.3%)	5,014 → 5,796 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$92,917 → $117,426 (+26.4%)	$223,430 → $250,001 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $354,700 (+30.6%)	$677,000 → $875,500 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$956 → $1,089 (+13.9%)	$1,735 → $2,395 (+38.0%)

Gilbertsville

Population

5,4385,999

Median household income

$92,917$117,426

Median home value

$271,600$354,700

Median gross rent

$956$1,089

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)

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
Under 5	5.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	24.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	2.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.5%
75 and over	6.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	83.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	7.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.7%
High school graduate	31.0%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	60.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
Drove alone	80.2%	46.3%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.4%	7.7%
Walked	5.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	39.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
1-unit, detached	79.3%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gilbertsville	Merion Station
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1982	1938