Messiah College vs Shiremanstown

A side-by-side comparison of Messiah College and Shiremanstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Messiah College has the higher population (2,273 vs 1,732 in Shiremanstown). Since 2019, Shiremanstown's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs +5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
Population	2,273	1,732
Median age	20.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$69,505
Median home value	—	$203,900
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	8	763
Homeownership rate	50.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
Population	2,158 → 2,273 (+5.3%)	1,556 → 1,732 (+11.3%)
Median household income	—	$60,729 → $69,505 (+14.5%)
Median home value	—	$168,300 → $203,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$822 → $992 (+20.7%)

Messiah College

Population

2,1582,273

Shiremanstown

Population

1,5561,732

Median household income

$60,729$69,505

Median home value

$168,300$203,900

Median gross rent

$822$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	98.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	0.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	0.2%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	79.2%
Black or African American	5.9%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	16.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
Drove alone	20.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	1.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	67.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
1-unit, detached	50.0%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	50.0%	25.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Messiah College	Shiremanstown
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.50	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	9	18
Median year structure built	1980	1956