Shrewsbury vs Stonybrook

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

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

Shrewsbury has the higher population (3,866 vs 3,662 in Stonybrook). Stonybrook has the higher median household income ($113,789 vs $95,962 in Shrewsbury). Stonybrook has the higher median home value ($325,100 vs $296,300 in Shrewsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
Population	3,866	3,662
Median age	51.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,962	$113,789
Median home value	$296,300	$325,100
Median gross rent	$1,091	—
Housing units	1,681	1,233
Homeownership rate	79.8%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
Population	3,851 → 3,866 (+0.4%)	2,151 → 3,662 (+70.2%)
Median household income	$70,583 → $95,962 (+36.0%)	$105,417 → $113,789 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $296,300 (+22.7%)	$240,200 → $325,100 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,091 (+31.9%)	$1,691 → $960 (-43.2%)

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

Stonybrook

Population

2,1513,662

Median household income

$105,417$113,789

Median home value

$240,200$325,100

Median gross rent

$1,691$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	27.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.6%
75 and over	17.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	5.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.1%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
Drove alone	68.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	0.7%
Public transit	0.1%	7.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
1-unit, detached	76.2%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Shrewsbury	Stonybrook
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1988	1970