Shrewsbury vs Valley Green

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

Shrewsbury and Valley Green 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 3,121 in Valley Green). Valley Green has the higher median household income ($102,094 vs $95,962 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($296,300 vs $211,800 in Valley Green).

Population, income & housing

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
Population	3,866	3,121
Median age	51.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,962	$102,094
Median home value	$296,300	$211,800
Median gross rent	$1,091	—
Housing units	1,681	1,333
Homeownership rate	79.8%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
Population	3,851 → 3,866 (+0.4%)	3,785 → 3,121 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$70,583 → $95,962 (+36.0%)	$70,412 → $102,094 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$241,500 → $296,300 (+22.7%)	$146,900 → $211,800 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,091 (+31.9%)	$1,276 → $1,568 (+22.9%)

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

Valley Green

Population

3,7853,121

Median household income

$70,412$102,094

Median home value

$146,900$211,800

Median gross rent

$1,276$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
Under 5	3.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	21.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.3%
75 and over	17.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	96.6%
Black or African American	5.0%	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	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
No high school diploma	10.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
Drove alone	68.9%	88.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
1-unit, detached	76.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	32.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Shrewsbury	Valley Green
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1988	1980