Birmingham vs Shade Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Shade Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birmingham has the higher population (91 vs 88 in Shade Gap). Shade Gap has the higher median household income ($102,656 vs $70,000 in Birmingham). Shade Gap has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $70,000 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
Population	91	88
Median age	42.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$102,656
Median home value	$70,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$660	—
Housing units	57	41
Homeownership rate	40.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
Population	151 → 91 (-39.7%)	82 → 88 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $70,000 (-20.0%)	$45,139 → $102,656 (+127.4%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $70,000 (-21.0%)	$87,000 → $85,000 (-2.3%)

Birmingham

Population

15191

Median household income

$87,500$70,000

Median home value

$88,600$70,000

Shade Gap

Population

8288

Median household income

$45,139$102,656

Median home value

$87,000$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
Under 5	15.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	5.5%	33.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	23.1%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	4.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.6%
75 and over	11.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	66.0%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
Drove alone	66.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	28.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
1-unit, detached	49.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Shade Gap
Poverty rate	4.4%	1.1%
Average household size	2.07	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1963	1938