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Population (year 2000): 1,540. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,549 (+0.6% change)
Males: 722 (46.9%), Females: 818 (53.1%)
Franklin County
Zip code:
17236
Median resident age: 38.8 years
Median household income: $32,619 (year 2000)
Median house value: $92,800 (year 2000)
Races in Mercersburg:
- White Non-Hispanic (91.3%)
- Black (6.5%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Other race (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (26.6%), United States
(19.2%), Irish (10.2%), English (8.1%), Scotch-Irish (3.2%),
Italian (2.7%).
Elevation: 540 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mercersburg
- High school or higher: 81.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%
- Unemployed: 2.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mercersburg borough
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 55.8%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 10.6%
2.3% Foreign born (0.8% Europe, 0.7% Latin
America, 0.6% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -101 (-6.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mercersburg:
- FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles;
MCCONNELLSBURG, PA)
- BROOK LANE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 18 miles;
HAGERSTOWN, MD)
- WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
HAGERSTOWN, MD)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mercersburg:
- HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL-RICHARD A HENSON FLD (about 16
miles; HAGERSTOWN, MD; ID: HGR)
- ALTOONA-BLAIR COUNTY (about 43 miles; ALTOONA, PA;
ID: AOO)
- WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL (about 70 miles;
WASHINGTON, DC; ID: IAD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mercersburg:
- POTOMAC AIRPARK (about 20 miles; BERKELEY SPRINGS,
WV; ID: W35)
- CHAMBERSBURG MUNI (about 21 miles; CHAMBERSBURG, PA;
ID: N68)
- EASTERN WV REGIONAL/SHEPHERD FLD (about 31 miles;
MARTINSBURG, WV; ID: MRB)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mercersburg:
- SHEPHERD COLLEGE (about 28 miles; Shepherdstown, WV;
Full-time enrollment: 3,576)
- SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 32
miles; SHIPPENSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 6,330)
- FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
FREDERICK, MD; FT enrollment: 2,407)
- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE (about 47 miles; GETTYSBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,216)
- SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; WINCHESTER,
VA; FT enrollment: 2,030)
- DICKINSON COLLEGE (about 55 miles; CARLISLE, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,098)
- PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-PENN STATE ALTOONA
(about 60 miles; ALTOONA, PA; FT enrollment: 3,516)
Public high school in Mercersburg:
- JAMES BUCHANAN HS (Students: 841; Grades: 09
- 12)
Private high schools in Mercersburg:
- MERCERSBURG ACADEMY (Students: 418; Location:
300 EAST SEMINARY STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
- NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 23;
Location: 9365 BLUE SPRING RD; Grades: 1 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Mercersburg:
- JAMES BUCHANAN MS (Students: 629; Grades: 06
- 08)
- MERCERSBURG EL SCH (Students: 286; Grades: KG
- 05)
- MONTGOMERY EL SCH (Students: 233; Grades: KG
- 05)
- MOUNTAIN VIEW EL SCH (Students: 224; Grades:
KG - 05)
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