Birmingham vs Shirleysburg

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

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

Shirleysburg has the higher population (98 vs 91 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $54,375 in Shirleysburg). Shirleysburg has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $70,000 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
Population	91	98
Median age	42.3 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$54,375
Median home value	$70,000	$126,000
Median gross rent	$660	$863
Housing units	57	49
Homeownership rate	40.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
Population	151 → 91 (-39.7%)	145 → 98 (-32.4%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $70,000 (-20.0%)	$33,125 → $54,375 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $70,000 (-21.0%)	$69,600 → $126,000 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)

Birmingham

Population

15191

Median household income

$87,500$70,000

Median home value

$88,600$70,000

Shirleysburg

Population

14598

Median household income

$33,125$54,375

Median home value

$69,600$126,000

Median gross rent

$613$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
Under 5	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.5%	7.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	23.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	18.4%
75 and over	11.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	45.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
Drove alone	66.7%	52.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	28.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
1-unit, detached	49.1%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Shirleysburg
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1963	1938