Mild Population Growth Predicted for Lower Merion Township
Forecasts for as far away as 2040 come from the DVRPC.
Population growth in Lower Merion and Narberth over the next three decades is expected to be less than that in the county and in southeastern Pennsylvania at large, according to forecasts by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC).
Other towns within the township were not broken down. The borough of Narberth is not a part of Lower Merion.
The township is likely to add 4 percent to its population between 2010 and 2040. Montgomery County is expected to grow by 12 percent in that period, as is the five-county area:
| Area | 2010 pop. | 2040 (est.) | Change |
| Lower Merion |
57,825 |
59,882 |
4% |
| Narberth | 4,282 |
4,405 |
3% |
|
Montgomery County |
799,874 | 894,486 | 12% |
| Philadelphia | 1,526,006 | 1,630,589 | 7% |
| Delaware County | 558,979 | 569,983 | 2% |
| Chester County | 498,886 | 647,330 | 30% |
| Bucks County | 625,249 | 727,150 | 16% |
| SE Pennsylvania | 4,008,994 | 4,469,538 | 12% |
The agency has projections for every five years and also has created an interactive map to browse its projections.
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Eric Karson
8:02 am on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
I am not a demographer, but a marketing professor. While the projections of LM and Narberth are believable, I really question the Montgomery County and Chester county growth estimates. They seem way too high given what we are learning about population size, family size, and economic trends.
Jim Speer
9:19 am on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
"Narberth is not technically a part of Lower Merion?" Narberth is not in any way part of Lower Merion!
Eric Campbell
4:24 pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thanks Jim, yeah I phrased that weirdly. Fixed.
Jim Speer
7:53 pm on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sorry to give you a hard time, Eric! You're doing an awesome job.