Birdsboro vs Whitfield

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

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

Whitfield has the higher population (5,346 vs 5,090 in Birdsboro). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $74,698 in Birdsboro). Whitfield has the higher median home value ($291,500 vs $216,400 in Birdsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
Population	5,090	5,346
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,698	$123,358
Median home value	$216,400	$291,500
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,380
Housing units	2,273	2,054
Homeownership rate	69.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
Population	5,131 → 5,090 (-0.8%)	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $74,698 (+15.4%)	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $216,400 (+32.4%)	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,111 (+23.4%)	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)

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

Whitfield

Population

4,5605,346

Median household income

$79,896$123,358

Median home value

$213,400$291,500

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	20.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.9%
75 and over	6.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.5%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
No high school diploma	8.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
Drove alone	77.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	45.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birdsboro	Whitfield
Poverty rate	18.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1962	1972