Shartlesville vs Strausstown

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

Shartlesville and Strausstown 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 341 in Strausstown). Strausstown has the higher median household income ($88,194 vs $71,875 in Shartlesville). Shartlesville has the higher median home value ($255,600 vs $161,300 in Strausstown).

Population, income & housing

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
Population	384	341
Median age	53.5 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$88,194
Median home value	$255,600	$161,300
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	207	146
Homeownership rate	76.2%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
Population	469 → 384 (-18.1%)	416 → 341 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$51,905 → $71,875 (+38.5%)	$48,958 → $88,194 (+80.1%)
Median home value	$164,000 → $255,600 (+55.9%)	$129,200 → $161,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $964 (+13.4%)	$800 → $1,150 (+43.8%)

Shartlesville

Population

469384

Median household income

$51,905$71,875

Median home value

$164,000$255,600

Median gross rent

$850$964

Strausstown

Population

416341

Median household income

$48,958$88,194

Median home value

$129,200$161,300

Median gross rent

$800$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	3.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	20.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	29.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	9.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	50.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
Drove alone	84.6%	92.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
1-unit, detached	78.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Shartlesville	Strausstown
Poverty rate	1.0%	4.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1958	1938