Muhlenberg Park vs Shoemakersville

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

Muhlenberg 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 1,179 in Muhlenberg Park). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median household income ($94,426 vs $75,050 in Shoemakersville). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
Population	1,179	1,334
Median age	57.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,426	$75,050
Median home value	$266,300	$169,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,087
Housing units	623	640
Homeownership rate	98.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
Population	1,656 → 1,179 (-28.8%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$75,653 → $94,426 (+24.8%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $266,300 (+61.2%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Muhlenberg Park

Population

1,6561,179

Median household income

$75,653$94,426

Median home value

$165,200$266,300

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)

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
Under 5	0.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	2.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	33.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	7.8%
75 and over	12.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	88.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	98.2%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Muhlenberg Park	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1963	1949