Birdsboro vs Shillington

A side-by-side comparison of Birdsboro and Shillington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shillington has the higher population (5,462 vs 5,090 in Birdsboro). Shillington has the higher median household income ($77,289 vs $74,698 in Birdsboro). Birdsboro has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $190,600 in Shillington).

Population, income & housing

	Birdsboro	Shillington
Population	5,090	5,462
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,698	$77,289
Median home value	$216,400	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,293
Housing units	2,273	2,421
Homeownership rate	69.0%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birdsboro	Shillington
Population	5,131 → 5,090 (-0.8%)	5,300 → 5,462 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $74,698 (+15.4%)	$65,032 → $77,289 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $216,400 (+32.4%)	$143,700 → $190,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,111 (+23.4%)	$985 → $1,293 (+31.3%)

Birdsboro

Population

5,1315,090

Median household income

$64,722$74,698

Median home value

$163,400$216,400

Median gross rent

$900$1,111

Shillington

Population

5,3005,462

Median household income

$65,032$77,289

Median home value

$143,700$190,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birdsboro	Shillington
Under 5	5.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birdsboro	Shillington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	73.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birdsboro	Shillington
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birdsboro	Shillington
Drove alone	77.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birdsboro	Shillington
1-unit, detached	45.2%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	46.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birdsboro	Shillington
Poverty rate	18.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1962	1940