Mercer County, PA elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Mercer County: 341 seats on 141 elected bodies.

Cities and towns

How many local governments Mercer County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 86 local governments in Mercer County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of governmentCensus count (2022)Listed on this page
County government10
Cities, towns, villages and townships (17 municipal, 31 township)4847
School districts (school boards)120
Special districts (elected boards)250

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Mercer County

109,257people
45.1median ageU.S.: 38.9
$59,976 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
13.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%
25.6%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$164,000median home valueU.S.: $332,700
5.3%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
1.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
8.6%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
6.4%U.S.: 8.4%
45.7%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
19.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 1.7% · White 87.9% · Black 5.6% · Asian 0.6% · Other or more than one race 4.2% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Mercer County

3.3%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.7%. Pennsylvania: 3.2%.
1,512people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.
44,549people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
46,061in the September 2026, preliminary.
Unemployment rate, yearly average, Mercer County 0.0%2.5%5.0%7.5%10.0% 20162018202020222024

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years
MonthRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
September 2026 (preliminary)3.3%1,51244,54946,061
August 20264.3%1,99944,29046,289
July 20264.1%1,90744,23746,144
June 20264.3%1,96944,18146,150
May 20264.2%1,94844,33046,278
April 20263.9%1,81044,54546,355
March 20264.6%2,13044,11746,247
February 20265.1%2,32643,58445,910
January 20264.8%2,21443,48245,696
December 20254.1%1,89743,92745,824
November 20254.2%1,91844,26346,181
October 2025not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 20254.7%2,14143,53545,676
August 20256.0%2,76443,36146,125
July 20255.3%2,43143,43745,868
June 20255.0%2,26643,25145,517
May 20254.3%1,92943,39045,319
April 20254.0%1,84443,89345,737
March 20254.8%2,18443,71445,898
February 20255.2%2,39143,87046,261
January 20255.0%2,32543,96646,291
December 20243.9%1,78244,26746,049
November 20243.8%1,74344,51946,262
October 20243.9%1,82944,79546,624
Yearly averages
YearRateUnemployedEmployedLabor force
2025 (11 months)4.8%2,19043,69245,882
20244.2%1,95144,77746,728
20234.1%1,92945,01246,941
20224.9%2,26844,48446,752
20216.7%3,18444,23747,421
20209.5%4,60043,88848,488
20194.8%2,37847,32049,698
20184.9%2,44347,73050,173
20175.6%2,83148,14050,971
20166.0%3,12848,94352,071

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Pennsylvania's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.6% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Mercer County

234.8 per 100,0002024. Pennsylvania: 250.1.
838.3 per 100,0002024. Pennsylvania: 1,447.6.
6murders2024, 270 violent crimes in all.

2024 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years
YearViolentRatePropertyRate
2024270234.8964838.3
2023270235.31,095954.2
2022238205.01,014873.5
2018289253.41,7241,511.9
2017289247.21,7351,484.0
By police agency (15)
AgencyYearViolentPropertyPeople served
Hermitage Police Department20252622616,857
Sharon Police Department20256415012,649
Grove City Police Department20255327,717
Greenville Police Department202420525,468
Shenango Township Police Department, Mercer County20247174,205
Farrell Police Department202454514,129
Sharpsville Police Department20258194,098
Hempfield Township Police Department, Mercer County202514593,610
Pymatuning Township Police Department20241353,003
South Pymatuning Township Police Department2025292,560
Mercer Police Department20254241,907
Jefferson Township Police Department, Mercer County2024051,852
Stoneboro Police Department202500917
Sandy Lake Police Department202404628
Jamestown Police Department202330574

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Pennsylvania · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.01 per 1,000 residents2025, 15 agencies serving 70,076 people.
141sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
7civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (15), 2025
AgencyOfficersCiviliansPeople served
Hermitage Police Department31316,857
Sharon Police Department30112,649
Farrell Police Department1414,114
Grove City Police Department1117,717
Shenango Township Police Department, Mercer County1104,186
Sharpsville Police Department904,098
Greenville Police Department805,441
Pymatuning Township Police Department712,992
Hempfield Township Police Department, Mercer County703,610
Mercer Police Department301,907
Jefferson Township Police Department, Mercer County301,841
South Pymatuning Township Police Department302,560
Jamestown Police Department20561
Sandy Lake Police Department10626
Stoneboro Police Department10917

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

What is the population of Mercer County?
About 109,257 people, with a median age of 45.1; the median household income is $59,976 and 13.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Mercer County?
3.3% in September 2026 (preliminary): 1,512 people unemployed in a labor force of 46,061, against 4.7% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Mercer County?
86 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 17 municipal, 31 township, 12 school district and 25 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Mercer County?
141: City of Farrell, City of Farrell, City of Farrell, City of Farrell, City of Hermitage, City of Hermitage, City of Hermitage, City of Sharon, City of Sharon, Clark Borough, Clark Borough, Clark Borough, Coolspring Township, Coolspring Township, Coolspring Township, Deer Creek Township, Deer Creek Township, Deer Creek Township, Delaware Township, Delaware Township, Delaware Township, East Lackawannock Township, East Lackawannock Township, East Lackawannock Township, Fairview Township, Fairview Township, Fairview Township, Findley Township, Findley Township, Findley Township, Fredonia Borough, Fredonia Borough, Fredonia Borough, French Creek Township, French Creek Township, French Creek Township, Greene Township, Greene Township, Greene Township, Greenville Borough, Greenville Borough, Greenville Borough, Grove City Borough, Grove City Borough, Grove City Borough, Hempfield Township, Hempfield Township, Hempfield Township, Jackson Center Borough, Jackson Center Borough, Jackson Center Borough, Jackson Center Borough, Jackson Township, Jackson Township, Jackson Township, Jamestown Borough, Jamestown Borough, Jamestown Borough, Jefferson Township, Jefferson Township, Jefferson Township, Lackawannock Township, Lackawannock Township, Lackawannock Township, Lake Township, Lake Township, Lake Township, Liberty Township, Liberty Township, Liberty Township, Mercer Borough, Mercer Borough, Mercer Borough, Mill Creek Township, Mill Creek Township, Mill Creek Township, New Lebanon Borough, New Lebanon Borough, New Lebanon Borough, New Lebanon Borough, New Vernon Township, New Vernon Township, New Vernon Township, Otter Creek Township, Otter Creek Township, Otter Creek Township, Perry Township, Perry Township, Perry Township, Pine Township, Pine Township, Pymatuning Township, Pymatuning Township, Pymatuning Township, Salem Township, Salem Township, Salem Township, Sandy Creek Township, Sandy Creek Township, Sandy Lake Borough, Sandy Lake Borough, Sandy Lake Borough, Sandy Lake Township, Sandy Lake Township, Sandy Lake Township, Sharpsville Borough, Sharpsville Borough, Sharpsville Borough, Sheakleyville Borough, Sheakleyville Borough, Sheakleyville Borough, Sheakleyville Borough, Shenango Township, Shenango Township, Shenango Township, South Pymatuning Township, South Pymatuning Township, South Pymatuning Township, Springfield Township, Springfield Township, Stoneboro Borough, Stoneboro Borough, Stoneboro Borough, Sugar Grove Township, Sugar Grove Township, Sugar Grove Township, West Middlesex Borough, West Middlesex Borough, West Middlesex Borough, West Salem Township, West Salem Township, West Salem Township, Wilmington Township, Wilmington Township, Wilmington Township, Wolf Creek Township, Wolf Creek Township, Wolf Creek Township, Worth Township, Worth Township, Worth Township. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's Municipal Statistics officials list (self-reported by each county and municipality); each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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