Bally vs Shoemakersville

A side-by-side comparison of Bally and Shoemakersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bally and Shoemakersville are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shoemakersville has the higher population (1,334 vs 1,129 in Bally). Shoemakersville has the higher median household income ($75,050 vs $75,000 in Bally). Bally has the higher median home value ($232,100 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Bally	Shoemakersville
Population	1,129	1,334
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$75,050
Median home value	$232,100	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,087
Housing units	504	640
Homeownership rate	71.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bally	Shoemakersville
Population	1,390 → 1,129 (-18.8%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$72,955 → $75,000 (+2.8%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $232,100 (+34.9%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,194 (+10.5%)	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Bally

Population

1,3901,129

Median household income

$72,955$75,000

Median home value

$172,100$232,100

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,194

Shoemakersville

Population

1,3911,334

Median household income

$56,708$75,050

Median home value

$144,900$169,900

Median gross rent

$859$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bally	Shoemakersville
Under 5	3.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.8%
75 and over	10.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bally	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bally	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bally	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	80.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bally	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	59.7%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bally	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1958	1949