Lower Merion Township

Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. Lower Merion has the 5th highest per-capita income and the 12th highest median household income in the country with a population of 50,000 or more.Lower Merion was established as an independent Township with about 52 landholders and tenants. In 1900, the Township was incorporated as a Township of the First Class.

As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 57,825 85.7% White, 5.6% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 6.0% Asian, and 1.9% were two or more races. 3.0% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry

Lower Merion is home to the oldest continuously used place of worship in the United States, the Merion Friends Meeting House, used continuously since 1695.

Bryn Mawr College, Harcum College, Rosemont College, and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary are located in Lower Merion Township. The campus of Saint Joseph's University straddles the city line between Lower Merion and Philadelphia while Haverford College straddles the lines between Lower Merion and Haverford Townships.

Rosemont School of the Holy Child, located in Rosemont and in Lower Merion Township, is affiliated with but not governed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The school is adjacent to Rosemont College.

Lower Merion Township is serviced by the Lower Merion School District

Lower Merion Township Communities
Merion
Wynnewood
Ardmore
Haverford
Bryn Mawr
Rosemont
Bala Cynwyd
Gladwyne
Penn Valley
Villanova

Lower Merion Township Website

610-649-4000