Information compiled as a service of the Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
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Population 1980 1990 1994(Est.) 2000(Proj.)
2,814 2,677 2,533 2,620
Median Age: 31.6
square miles: 20.6
Rural: 100%
Form of Government:Second Class Township
Board of Supervisors
Contact: Iva Kerrick, Secretary
Muncipial Building
1742 Mercer-West Middlesex Road
Mercer, PA 16137
(724)981-5055
Police:
Median Household: $22,115
Median Family: $25,865
Families Below Poverty: 13.0%
Persons Below Poverty: 19.6%
Unemployment: 6.9%
Retail: 20.8%
Manufacturing: 30.6%
Transportation: 10.0%
Health Services: 7.4%
Principal Employers (50+ Employees)
Hawk Crane
McDonalds
Howard Johnsons
Electricity: Penn Power
Gas: Peoples
National fuel Gas
Telephone: United, Bell Atlantic, General
Water: Consumers of PA
Sanitary Sewer:Mercer Borough
Total Housing Units: 937
Single Family: 59.0%
Multi-Family: 2.5%
Mobile Home: 36.6%
Other: 1.9%
Renter Occupied: 12.8%
Seasonal: 0.0%
Vacant: 3.3%
Median House Value: $49,100
Median Year Built: 1972
Water Service
Public: 6.3%
Other: 93.7%
Sewer Service
Public: 9.5%
Other: 90.5%
Pre-Primary
Public: 9
Private: 2
Elementary\High School
Public: 425
Private: 77
Educational Attainment (Age 25+)
High School Graduate: 68.1%
College Graduate: 5.1%
Graduate Degree: 2.0%