Shiremanstown vs Wormleysburg

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

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

Wormleysburg has the higher population (3,058 vs 1,732 in Shiremanstown). Wormleysburg has the higher median household income ($86,940 vs $69,505 in Shiremanstown). Wormleysburg has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $203,900 in Shiremanstown).

Population, income & housing

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
Population	1,732	3,058
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,505	$86,940
Median home value	$203,900	$211,100
Median gross rent	$992	$1,379
Housing units	763	1,429
Homeownership rate	67.4%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
Population	1,556 → 1,732 (+11.3%)	3,062 → 3,058 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$60,729 → $69,505 (+14.5%)	$65,972 → $86,940 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $203,900 (+21.2%)	$164,700 → $211,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $992 (+20.7%)	$1,008 → $1,379 (+36.8%)

Shiremanstown

Population

1,5561,732

Median household income

$60,729$69,505

Median home value

$168,300$203,900

Median gross rent

$822$992

Wormleysburg

Population

3,0623,058

Median household income

$65,972$86,940

Median home value

$164,700$211,100

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,379

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
Under 5	3.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	20.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	6.5%
75 and over	6.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	66.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
Drove alone	71.1%	76.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	13.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
1-unit, detached	51.0%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	25.7%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	29.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Shiremanstown	Wormleysburg
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1956	1966