Dallastown vs Shrewsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Dallastown and Shrewsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dallastown has the higher population (4,171 vs 3,866 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($95,962 vs $59,423 in Dallastown). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($296,300 vs $171,600 in Dallastown).

Population, income & housing

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
Population	4,171	3,866
Median age	38.7 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$95,962
Median home value	$171,600	$296,300
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,091
Housing units	1,778	1,681
Homeownership rate	43.3%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
Population	3,852 → 4,171 (+8.3%)	3,851 → 3,866 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,065 → $59,423 (+12.0%)	$70,583 → $95,962 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $171,600 (+45.7%)	$241,500 → $296,300 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,130 (+27.3%)	$827 → $1,091 (+31.9%)

Dallastown

Population

3,8524,171

Median household income

$53,065$59,423

Median home value

$117,800$171,600

Median gross rent

$888$1,130

Shrewsbury

Population

3,8513,866

Median household income

$70,583$95,962

Median home value

$241,500$296,300

Median gross rent

$827$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
Under 5	11.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.4%
75 and over	4.5%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	77.2%	68.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	6.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	44.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	23.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	19.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallastown	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	9.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1959	1988