Overall, Mercersburg’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small borough, Mercersburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Mercersburg is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.00% of adults 25 and older in Mercersburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mercersburg in 2018 was $37,153, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,612 for a family of four. However, Mercersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mercersburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Mercersburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mercersburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mercersburg include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mercersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
