Colony Park vs Shoemakersville

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

Colony Park 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 1,125 in Colony Park). Colony Park has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $75,050 in Shoemakersville). Colony Park has the higher median home value ($302,700 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
Population	1,125	1,334
Median age	46.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,229	$75,050
Median home value	$302,700	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,527	$1,087
Housing units	521	640
Homeownership rate	83.7%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
Population	1,289 → 1,125 (-12.7%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $83,229 (-9.7%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $302,700 (+12.9%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Colony Park

Population

1,2891,125

Median household income

$92,143$83,229

Median home value

$268,200$302,700

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)

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
Under 5	3.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	20.0%	7.8%
75 and over	10.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	88.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	1.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	19.9%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	76.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Colony Park	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1980	1949