Lower Merion township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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Lower Merion township, PA map Land area: 23.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 59,850 (all urban)

Males: 27,232	(45.5%)
Females: 32,618	(54.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 55,302 (45,051 owner occupied, 10,251 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	19%
State:	29%

Races in Lower Merion township:

White Non-Hispanic: 89.3%
Black: 4.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 3.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.6%
Two or more races: 1.0%
Some other race: 0.2%

Median age of males: 41.2
Median age of females: 41.9

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Average household size: 2.42

Lower Merion township:	2.4 people
Pennsylvania:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.99

Estimated median household income in 2007: $105,074 ($86,373 in 1999)

This township:	$105,074
Pennsylvania:	$48,576

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $1,055 (lower quartile is $805, upper quartile is $1,407)

Here:	$1,055
State:	$555

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $582,110 (it was $307,300 in 2000)

Lower Merion township:	$582,110
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $353,996 - $1,044,459

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $850,975
Here: $850,975
State: $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $361,662
Here: $361,662
State: $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $425,397
Here: $425,397
State: $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $258,764
Here: $258,764
State: $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $293,560
Here: $293,560
State: $211,072

Mobile homes: $350,000
Here: $350,000
State: $35,442

Population density: 2526 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.5%
Whole state:	11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	2.8%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Ardmore, Penn Wynne, Bryn Mawr, Narberth.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Notable locations in Lower Merion township: Bala Station, Barmouth Station, Cynwyd Station, Philadelphia Country Club, Mermont Plaza, Merion Station, Merion Cricket Club, Cynwyd Station, Buter Museum of Wedgwood, Haverford Station.

Churches in Lower Merion township include: Saint Christophers Church, Temple Beth Hillel, Temple Adath Israel, Church of the Redeemer.

Cemeteries: Calvary Cemetery, Westminister Cemetery, West Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Reservoir: Belmount Reservoir.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Trout Run.

Parks in Lower Merion township include: Lower Merion Township Park, Rosemont Park, Belmont Park, Merion Memorial Park.

Number of foreign born residents: 5,053 (60% naturalized citizens)

Lower Merion township:	8.4%
State:	4.1%

63% of Lower Merion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 35400
Northeast: 9458
Midwest: 3524
South: 4000
West: 1945

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $296,900

Lower Merion township, Pennsylvania satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Lower Merion township, Pennsylvania

3353 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
456 people in nursing homes
315 people in other group homes
218 people in religious group quarters
89 people in other nonhousehold living situations
68 people in other workers' dormitories
15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in homes for the mentally ill
9 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,691
One, attached: 2,829
Two: 481
3 or 4: 697
5 to 9: 540
10 to 19: 677
20 to 49: 1,286
50 or more: 3,467
Mobile homes: 31

Median worth of mobile homes: $391,700

Housing units in Lower Merion township with a mortgage: 9,464 (929 second mortgage, 1,507 home equity loan, 78 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,699

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 91
1995 to 1998: 209
1990 to 1994: 436
1980 to 1989: 1,687
1970 to 1979: 1,815
1960 to 1969: 2,890
1950 to 1959: 4,735
1940 to 1949: 3,330
1939 or earlier: 8,506

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lower Merion township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 94 3 rooms: 298 4 rooms: 883 5 rooms: 1,235 6 rooms: 2,288 7 rooms: 2,389 8 rooms: 2,946 9 or more rooms: 7,130

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Merion township, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 243 2 rooms: 483 3 rooms: 1,140 4 rooms: 1,444 5 rooms: 1,019 6 rooms: 571 7 rooms: 295 8 rooms: 163 9 or more rooms: 247

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Merion township:
	no bedroom: 7 1 bedroom: 629 2 bedrooms: 1,870 3 bedrooms: 4,901 4 bedrooms: 5,489 5 or more bedrooms: 4,367

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Merion township:
	no bedroom: 289 1 bedroom: 1,924 2 bedrooms: 2,084 3 bedrooms: 833 4 bedrooms: 287 5 or more bedrooms: 188

Cars and other vehicles available in Lower Merion township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 599 1 vehicle: 4,702 2 vehicles: 8,723 3 vehicles: 2,547 4 vehicles: 507 5 or more vehicles: 185

Cars and other vehicles available in Lower Merion township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 868 1 vehicle: 2,904 2 vehicles: 1,466 3 vehicles: 268 4 vehicles: 41 5 or more vehicles: 58

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Professional, scientific, and technical services (20%)
Health care (15%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Educational services (10%)
Construction (5%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (24%)
Health care (18%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Physicians and surgeons (10%)
Lawyers (10%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Top executives (7%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Postsecondary teachers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Physicians and surgeons (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Postsecondary teachers (4%)
Lawyers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Merion township:

Irish (13.0%)
Russian (11.5%)
Italian (10.3%)
German (8.0%)
English (7.3%)
United States or American (7.0%)
Polish (3.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Korea (5%)
Israel (5%)
Germany (5%)
Italy (4%)
Canada (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 19,810 (71%)
Carpooled: 1,948 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 290 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 183 (1%)
Railroad: 2,194 (8%)
Taxi: 29 (0%)
Bicycle: 100 (0%)
Walked: 1,642 (6%)
Other means: 137 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,724 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (61%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%) Electricity (14%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

People in group quarters in Lower Merion township, Pennsylvania

3353 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
456 people in nursing homes
315 people in other group homes
218 people in religious group quarters
89 people in other nonhousehold living situations
68 people in other workers' dormitories
15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
13 people in homes for the mentally ill
9 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions

89.4% of residents of Lower Merion township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 55,304

In family households: 45,847 (11,746 male householders, 3,368 female householders)
13,281 spouses, 15,447 children (14,498 natural, 627 adopted, 322 stepchildren), 416 grandchildren, 292 brothers or sisters, 298 parents, 562 other relatives, 437 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 9,457 (2,724 male householders (2,054 living alone)), 5,007 female householders (4,420 living alone)), 1,726 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,546 (530 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,935 2-persons, 3,196 3-persons, 3,126 4-persons, 1,313 5-persons, 437 6-persons, 107 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,474 1-person, 952 2-persons, 241 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons.

11,082 married couples with children.
1,485 single-parent households (243 men, 1,242 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,252

Here:	35.4%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,287

Here:	42.6%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,484

Here:	87.1%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lower Merion township:

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