Plumsteadville vs Village Shires

A side-by-side comparison of Plumsteadville and Village Shires: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Village Shires has the higher population (3,360 vs 2,948 in Plumsteadville). Plumsteadville has the higher median household income ($157,614 vs $111,218 in Village Shires). Plumsteadville has the higher median home value ($555,300 vs $512,000 in Village Shires).

Population, income & housing

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
Population	2,948	3,360
Median age	42.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$157,614	$111,218
Median home value	$555,300	$512,000
Median gross rent	$2,100	$1,527
Housing units	1,027	1,438
Homeownership rate	89.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
Population	2,581 → 2,948 (+14.2%)	3,931 → 3,360 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$107,051 → $157,614 (+47.2%)	$87,371 → $111,218 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$390,800 → $555,300 (+42.1%)	$383,800 → $512,000 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,406 → $2,100 (+49.4%)	$1,840 → $1,527 (-17.0%)

Plumsteadville

Population

2,5812,948

Median household income

$107,051$157,614

Median home value

$390,800$555,300

Median gross rent

$1,406$2,100

Village Shires

Population

3,9313,360

Median household income

$87,371$111,218

Median home value

$383,800$512,000

Median gross rent

$1,840$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
Under 5	2.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	12.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	4.7%	16.2%
75 and over	2.7%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	10.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.9%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
Drove alone	57.6%	69.3%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
1-unit, detached	71.6%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plumsteadville	Village Shires
Poverty rate	0.8%	0.8%
Average household size	2.97	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1996	1982