Shillington vs Wyomissing

A side-by-side comparison of Shillington and Wyomissing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wyomissing has the higher population (11,100 vs 5,462 in Shillington). Wyomissing has the higher median household income ($88,214 vs $77,289 in Shillington). Wyomissing has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $190,600 in Shillington).

Population, income & housing

	Shillington	Wyomissing
Population	5,462	11,100
Median age	38.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,289	$88,214
Median home value	$190,600	$326,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,746
Housing units	2,421	5,415
Homeownership rate	64.9%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shillington	Wyomissing
Population	5,300 → 5,462 (+3.1%)	10,473 → 11,100 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$65,032 → $77,289 (+18.8%)	$81,178 → $88,214 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$143,700 → $190,600 (+32.6%)	$245,600 → $326,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,293 (+31.3%)	$1,330 → $1,746 (+31.3%)

Shillington

Population

5,3005,462

Median household income

$65,032$77,289

Median home value

$143,700$190,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,293

Wyomissing

Population

10,47311,100

Median household income

$81,178$88,214

Median home value

$245,600$326,800

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shillington	Wyomissing
Under 5	7.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.2%
75 and over	7.5%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shillington	Wyomissing
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shillington	Wyomissing
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shillington	Wyomissing
Drove alone	74.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	11.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shillington	Wyomissing
1-unit, detached	37.9%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shillington	Wyomissing
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1940	1969