Burnt Cabins vs Shirleysburg

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

Burnt Cabins 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 9 in Burnt Cabins).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
Population	9	98
Median age	55.2 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,375
Median home value	—	$126,000
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	14	49
Homeownership rate	42.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
Population	—	145 → 98 (-32.4%)
Median household income	—	$33,125 → $54,375 (+64.2%)
Median home value	—	$69,600 → $126,000 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)

Burnt Cabins

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)

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	44.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	55.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.4%
75 and over	0.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
No high school diploma	33.3%	25.3%
High school graduate	22.2%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.4%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
Drove alone	0.0%	52.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
1-unit, detached	78.6%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Cabins	Shirleysburg
Poverty rate	55.6%	4.1%
Average household size	1.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1938	1938