Morgantown vs Shoemakersville

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

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

Morgantown has the higher population (1,340 vs 1,334 in Shoemakersville). Morgantown has the higher median household income ($76,673 vs $75,050 in Shoemakersville). Morgantown has the higher median home value ($243,100 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
Population	1,340	1,334
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,673	$75,050
Median home value	$243,100	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,284	$1,087
Housing units	611	640
Homeownership rate	76.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
Population	676 → 1,340 (+98.2%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$49,839 → $76,673 (+53.8%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$206,600 → $243,100 (+17.7%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,284 (+62.3%)	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Morgantown

Population

6761,340

Median household income

$49,839$76,673

Median home value

$206,600$243,100

Median gross rent

$791$1,284

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)

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
Under 5	1.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	25.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	4.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.8%
75 and over	6.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	3.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	71.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	5.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	29.6%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	51.2%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	12.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1994	1949