Blandon vs Shillington

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

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

Blandon has the higher population (7,546 vs 5,462 in Shillington). Blandon has the higher median household income ($109,775 vs $77,289 in Shillington). Blandon has the higher median home value ($269,700 vs $190,600 in Shillington).

Population, income & housing

	Blandon	Shillington
Population	7,546	5,462
Median age	43.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,775	$77,289
Median home value	$269,700	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,293
Housing units	2,823	2,421
Homeownership rate	90.3%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandon	Shillington
Population	8,111 → 7,546 (-7.0%)	5,300 → 5,462 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$92,750 → $109,775 (+18.4%)	$65,032 → $77,289 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$194,000 → $269,700 (+39.0%)	$143,700 → $190,600 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,178 (-3.0%)	$985 → $1,293 (+31.3%)

Blandon

Population

8,1117,546

Median household income

$92,750$109,775

Median home value

$194,000$269,700

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,178

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)

	Blandon	Shillington
Under 5	5.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	19.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.5%
75 and over	4.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandon	Shillington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	73.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandon	Shillington
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.6%
High school graduate	34.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandon	Shillington
Drove alone	73.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandon	Shillington
1-unit, detached	72.1%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	19.4%	46.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandon	Shillington
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1996	1940