Birdsboro vs Wyomissing

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

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

Wyomissing has the higher population (11,100 vs 5,090 in Birdsboro). Wyomissing has the higher median household income ($88,214 vs $74,698 in Birdsboro). Wyomissing has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $216,400 in Birdsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
Population	5,090	11,100
Median age	37.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,698	$88,214
Median home value	$216,400	$326,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,746
Housing units	2,273	5,415
Homeownership rate	69.0%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
Population	5,131 → 5,090 (-0.8%)	10,473 → 11,100 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$64,722 → $74,698 (+15.4%)	$81,178 → $88,214 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $216,400 (+32.4%)	$245,600 → $326,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,111 (+23.4%)	$1,330 → $1,746 (+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

Wyomissing

Population

10,47311,100

Median household income

$81,178$88,214

Median home value

$245,600$326,800

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
Under 5	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	6.2%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
Drove alone	77.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
1-unit, detached	45.2%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	34.7%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birdsboro	Wyomissing
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1962	1969