Shade Gap vs Shirleysburg

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

Shade Gap 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 88 in Shade Gap). Shade Gap has the higher median household income ($102,656 vs $54,375 in Shirleysburg). Shirleysburg has the higher median home value ($126,000 vs $85,000 in Shade Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
Population	88	98
Median age	29.5 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,656	$54,375
Median home value	$85,000	$126,000
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	41	49
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
Population	82 → 88 (+7.3%)	145 → 98 (-32.4%)
Median household income	$45,139 → $102,656 (+127.4%)	$33,125 → $54,375 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $85,000 (-2.3%)	$69,600 → $126,000 (+81.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)

Shade Gap

Population

8288

Median household income

$45,139$102,656

Median home value

$87,000$85,000

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)

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.0%	7.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	19.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	4.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	18.4%
75 and over	3.4%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	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+

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	25.3%
High school graduate	66.0%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
Drove alone	75.6%	52.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	4.8%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Shade Gap	Shirleysburg
Poverty rate	1.1%	4.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1938	1938