Oley vs Shoemakersville

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

Oley 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 1,232 in Oley). Oley has the higher median household income ($85,068 vs $75,050 in Shoemakersville). Oley has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Oley	Shoemakersville
Population	1,232	1,334
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,068	$75,050
Median home value	$250,000	$169,900
Median gross rent	$1,354	$1,087
Housing units	487	640
Homeownership rate	70.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oley	Shoemakersville
Population	1,203 → 1,232 (+2.4%)	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$67,138 → $85,068 (+26.7%)	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $250,000 (+43.2%)	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,116 → $1,354 (+21.3%)	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)

Oley

Population

1,2031,232

Median household income

$67,138$85,068

Median home value

$174,600$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,354

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)

	Oley	Shoemakersville
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	7.8%
75 and over	3.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oley	Shoemakersville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	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	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oley	Shoemakersville
No high school diploma	8.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oley	Shoemakersville
Drove alone	77.2%	84.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oley	Shoemakersville
1-unit, detached	75.6%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	27.3%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Oley	Shoemakersville
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1971	1949