Shoemakersville vs West Lawn

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

Shoemakersville and West Lawn 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 1,213 in West Lawn). Shoemakersville has the higher median household income ($75,050 vs $68,309 in West Lawn). West Lawn has the higher median home value ($183,100 vs $169,900 in Shoemakersville).

Population, income & housing

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
Population	1,334	1,213
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,050	$68,309
Median home value	$169,900	$183,100
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,200
Housing units	640	619
Homeownership rate	63.3%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
Population	1,391 → 1,334 (-4.1%)	1,567 → 1,213 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$56,708 → $75,050 (+32.3%)	$62,010 → $68,309 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$144,900 → $169,900 (+17.3%)	$143,600 → $183,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,087 (+26.5%)	$1,272 → $1,200 (-5.7%)

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

West Lawn

Population

1,5671,213

Median household income

$62,010$68,309

Median home value

$143,600$183,100

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	23.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.8%	18.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	4.9%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	68.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.0%
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	4.6%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
Drove alone	84.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	18.5%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
1-unit, detached	55.6%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	47.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shoemakersville	West Lawn
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1949	1950