Hereford vs Shoemakersville

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

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

Hereford has the higher population (1,494 vs 1,334 in Shoemakersville). Shoemakersville has the higher median household income ($75,050 vs $69,205 in Hereford). Since 2019, Hereford's population has grown faster (+55.1% vs -4.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
Population	1,494	1,334
Median age	27.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,205	$75,050
Median home value	—	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,087
Housing units	420	640
Homeownership rate	68.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
Population	963 → 1,494 (+55.1%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$55,156 → $69,205 (+25.5%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $30,700 (+4.4%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,360 → $1,667 (+22.6%)	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Hereford

Population

9631,494

Median household income

$55,156$69,205

Median home value

$29,400$30,700

Median gross rent

$1,360$1,667

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)

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	19.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	3.6%	7.8%
75 and over	7.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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	0.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.5%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	41.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	38.8%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hereford	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.3%
Average household size	3.86	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1984	1949