Douglassville vs Shartlesville

A side-by-side comparison of Douglassville and Shartlesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shartlesville has the higher population (384 vs 322 in Douglassville). Douglassville has the higher median home value ($471,700 vs $255,600 in Shartlesville). Since 2019, Shartlesville's population has grown faster (-18.1% vs -27.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
Population	322	384
Median age	73.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$71,875
Median home value	$471,700	$255,600
Median gross rent	$1,244	$964
Housing units	275	207
Homeownership rate	23.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
Population	443 → 322 (-27.3%)	469 → 384 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$29,879 → $29,884 (+0.0%)	$51,905 → $71,875 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $471,700 (+241.3%)	$164,000 → $255,600 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,977 → $1,244 (-58.2%)	$850 → $964 (+13.4%)

Douglassville

Population

443322

Median household income

$29,879$29,884

Median home value

$138,200$471,700

Median gross rent

$2,977$1,244

Shartlesville

Population

469384

Median household income

$51,905$71,875

Median home value

$164,000$255,600

Median gross rent

$850$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.1%	3.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	20.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	29.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	10.9%
75 and over	49.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	96.1%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
Drove alone	46.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
1-unit, detached	19.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	54.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Douglassville	Shartlesville
Poverty rate	10.6%	1.0%
Average household size	1.40	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2003	1958