According to the U.S. Census, Lower Merion is comprised of 15 Villages or Census Tracts (They use the terms interchangeably). Most of the map above will probably make sense to you, with one notable exception.
Somebody at the Census Bureau decided that there is a place in Lower Merion called North Ardmore. The Census Bureau’s North Ardmore includes all of St. Charles Seminary, the “Indian Creek” neighborhood, Short Ridge and Main Line Reform Synagogue. Along City Avenue, it goes from Wynnewood Road to Lancaster Avenue. Then it runs northwest along Lancaster Avenue until it gets to Anderson Avenue. So there is quite a bit “Real Ardmore” in what they consider to be North Ardmore, including the whole business district on one side of Lancaster Ave, Ardmore West and Suburban Square.
There is also a census tract #2056 Montgomery County, called Narberth, which believe it or not, includes all of the Borough of Narberth and nothing else.
The Census Bureau collects all kinds of data at the Census Tract level, including but not limited to Median Family Income and Educational Level Attainment.
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“Only” 81.5% of the residents in Gladwyne had a bachelors’ degree or higher, whereas 89.5% of Wynnewood achieved that level of education. 14.68% of Cynwyd had doctorates as compared to only 6.52% of their more affluent neighbors in Gladwyne.
Data source, Census.Reporter.org