What is the population of Mercer borough?

Mercer borough has 1,847 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #689 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Mercer borough?

Median household income in Mercer borough is $44,865 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mercer borough?

Median gross rent is $644 a month and the median home value is $130,300, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.

Is Mercer borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mercer borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mercer, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer, PA — Census place “Mercer borough”) is 1,847 residents, ranking #689 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $44,865, the median home is worth $130,300 and median gross rent runs $644 a month. Looking for the Mercer Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mercer, PA: 16137.

Population: 1,847Mercer borough residents
Median household income: $44,865Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $130,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $644Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.1%Owner-occupied households

Mercer ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mercer.

The Mercer PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

16137

What the numbers mean in Mercer borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mercer borough median would spend about 17.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 54.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mercer borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mercer borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,847 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #689 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mercer borough earn a median of $44,865 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mercer borough is valued at $130,300, 57.1% below the national figure and 33% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $644 a month, 54.2% below the national figure, or roughly $7,728 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mercer borough?: Mercer borough has 1,847 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #689 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Mercer borough?: Median household income in Mercer borough is $44,865 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mercer borough?: Median gross rent is $644 a month and the median home value is $130,300, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.
Is Mercer borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mercer borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mercer borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.