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Merion Station CDP, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Merion Station CDP is a Census CDP of 5,788 people across 1.33 square miles of land, in Montgomery County. Median household income is $250,001, 89.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.4 m.
66 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Merion Station
What Merion Station is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area1.33 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,355
- County holding the largest share of its areaMontgomery County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merion Station
How many people live in Merion Station
- Population5,788
- Median age44.1
- Population under 181,683
- Share under 1829.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,186
- Share 65 and over20.5 percent
- Households1,939
- Family households1,636
- Share of households that are families84.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merion Station
Income and work in Merion Station
- Median household income$250,001
- Per capita income$115,864
- Civilian labor force3,176
- Employed3,076
- Unemployed100 plus or minus 80
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over3,886
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher84.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree59.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merion Station
Housing in Merion Station
- Housing units1,939
- Occupied units1,939
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied1,731
- Renter occupied208 plus or minus 84
- Ownership rate89.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$886,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,461 plus or minus $629
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.8 percent
- Single family units1,779
- Share single family91.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more148 plus or minus 76
- Share in buildings of two or more7.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merion Station
How Merion Station gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,681 plus or minus 339
- Commuting under 15 minutes420 plus or minus 149
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.0 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more750 plus or minus 184
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.6 percent
- Drove alone42.3 percent
- Carpooled3.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport5.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Walked3.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home44.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merion Station
SBA loans in Merion Station (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$5,420,500
- Average approval$774,357
- Median approval$450,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,060,500
- Largest approval$2,060,500
- Jobs supported33
- Jobs per approval4.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises28.6 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Montgomery County, not Merion Station
Montgomery County context, not Merion Station figures
These are Montgomery County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Merion Station measurements.
- Establishments in Montgomery County26,711
- Employment at those establishments, Montgomery County559,196
- Covered employment, Montgomery County505,821
- Average annual pay, Montgomery County$88,412
- Average weekly wage, Montgomery County$1,700
- Housing units permitted, Montgomery County2,490
- Of those, single family, Montgomery County1,877
- County product, 2024, Montgomery County$110,422,372,000
- County product change over the prior year, Montgomery County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Montgomery County$109,868
Every figure in this section is published for Montgomery County as a whole and is not a measurement of Merion Station. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Merion Station questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Merion Station, Pennsylvania?
5,788, in 1,939 households. Merion Station CDP covers 1.33 square miles of land, which is 4,355 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Merion Station in?
Montgomery County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Merion Station?
$250,001. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $886,600. Median gross rent is $2,461 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Merion Station businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $5.4 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $450,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Merion Station, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Merion Station borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Merion Station. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Merion Station figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Montgomery County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Merion Station.
Is zoning published for Merion Station?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.