Mercersburg is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,496 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mercersburg is the 722nd largest community in Pennsylvania. Mercersburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs.Mercersburg is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mercersburg is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mercersburg who work in office and administrative support (11.13%), sales jobs (8.07%), and teaching (7.42%). 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%: 19.24% of adults 25 and older in Mercersburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Mercersburg in 2022 was $40,321, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,284 for a family of four. However, Mercersburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Mercersburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
