The median owner-occupied home in Mercer County had a real-estate tax bill of $1,943 (± $46) a year, compared with $3,241 in Pennsylvania and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $153,600 (± $3,869), compared with $240,500 in Pennsylvania and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Mercer County | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 109,852 | 12,986,518 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $1,943 ± $46 | $3,241 ± $13 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $153,600 ± $3,869 | $240,500 ± $622 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $60,614 ± $2,091 | $76,081 ± $310 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.26% ± 0.04 points | 1.35% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 72.5% ± 1.2 points | 69.3% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 37.0% ± 1.1 points | 33.5% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 13.9% ± 1.1 points | 19.7% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Mercer County (17)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Clark
- Farrell
- Fredonia
- Greenville
- Grove City
- Hermitage
- Jackson Center
- Jamestown (borough)
- Mercer
- New Lebanon
- Sandy Lake
- Sharon
- Sharpsville
- Sheakleyville
- Stoneboro
- West Middlesex
- Wheatland
Census-designated places in Mercer County (2)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Mercer County (36)
- Clark borough
- Coolspring
- Deer Creek
- East Lackawannock
- Farrell city
- Findley
- Fredonia borough
- French Creek
- Greenville borough
- Grove City borough
- Hermitage city
- Jackson Center borough
- Jamestown borough
- Lackawannock
- Mercer borough
- Mill Creek
- New Lebanon borough
- New Vernon
- Otter Creek
- Pine
- Pymatuning
- Sandy Creek
- Sandy Lake
- Sandy Lake borough
- Sharon city
- Sharpsville borough
- Sheakleyville borough
- Shenango
- South Pymatuning
- Stoneboro borough
- West Middlesex borough
- West Salem
- Wheatland borough
- Wilmington
- Wolf Creek
- Worth
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (15)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Mercer County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Delaware township
- Fairview township
- Greene township
- Jackson township
- Jefferson township
- Lake township
- Liberty township
- Mill Creek township
- Perry township
- Pine township
- Salem township
- Shenango township
- Springfield township
- Wilmington township
- Worth township
Other named communities in Mercer County (83)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Amsterdam
- Bethel
- Big Bend
- Blacktown
- Bobbys Corners
- Booher Corners
- Bowie
- Broad Acres
- Carbon
- Carlton
- Carmona
- Centertown
- Charleston
- Clarks Mills
- Cool Spring
- Courtneys Mills
- Delaware Grove
- Donner Crossroads
- Drake
- Dutch Hill
- Enterprise
- F M Corners
- Filer Corners
- Five Points
- Furnace Hill
- Greencrest Park
- Greenfield
- Hadley
- Hann Hill
- Heath
- Hendersonville
- Henlein
- Hickory Corners
- Hoagland
- Hope Mills
- Indian Run
- Irishtown
- K O Junction
- Kashner
- Kennard
- Kerrs Corners
- Kilgore
- Kremis
- Lamonts Corners
- Leechs Corners
- Leesburg
- Leesburg Station
- London
- Lyle
- Maysville
- McCoys Corners
- McCoytown
- Millbrook
- Millburn
- Milledgeville
- Minnis Corner
- Nesbit Corners
- Neshannock
- New Hamburg
- New Virginia
- North Liberty
- North Mills
- North Sandy
- Oakland
- Oniontown
- Osborn
- Osgood
- Pardoe
- Patagonia
- Perrine Corners
- Perrys Corners
- Petersburg
- Pritchards Corner
- Reeds Furnace
- Schofield Corners
- Schollard
- Springfield Falls
- Sunol
- Swamproot (historical)
- Transfer
- Trouts Corners
- Turner
- Valcourt