Emigsville vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Emigsville has the higher population (3,942 vs 3,866 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($95,962 vs $68,299 in Emigsville). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($296,300 vs $196,600 in Emigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
Population	3,942	3,866
Median age	39.1 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,299	$95,962
Median home value	$196,600	$296,300
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,091
Housing units	1,505	1,681
Homeownership rate	78.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
Population	3,032 → 3,942 (+30.0%)	3,851 → 3,866 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $68,299 (+39.4%)	$70,583 → $95,962 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $196,600 (+36.6%)	$241,500 → $296,300 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,372 (+15.1%)	$827 → $1,091 (+31.9%)

Emigsville

Population

3,0323,942

Median household income

$49,000$68,299

Median home value

$143,900$196,600

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,372

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)

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
Under 5	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.4%
75 and over	2.9%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	85.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	17.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	76.8%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	15.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Emigsville	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	12.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1958	1988