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Birdsboro borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Birdsboro borough is a Census borough of 5,116 people across 1.32 square miles of land, in Berks County. Median household income is $86,290, 68.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.0 m.
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Birdsboro
What Birdsboro is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.32 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,864
- County holding the largest share of its areaBerks County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birdsboro
How many people live in Birdsboro
- Population5,116
- Median age38.5
- Population under 181,039
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over742 plus or minus 200
- Share 65 and over14.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households2,132
- Family households1,387
- Share of households that are families65.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birdsboro
Income and work in Birdsboro
- Median household income$86,290
- Per capita income$36,005
- Civilian labor force2,916
- Employed2,865
- Unemployed51 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate1.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over3,585
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher27.4 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.5 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birdsboro
Housing in Birdsboro
- Housing units2,197
- Occupied units2,132
- Vacant units65 plus or minus 72
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Owner occupied1,457
- Renter occupied675 plus or minus 196
- Ownership rate68.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$224,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,146
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Single family units1,811
- Share single family82.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more386 plus or minus 170
- Share in buildings of two or more17.6 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1965
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birdsboro
How Birdsboro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,491
- Commuting under 15 minutes413 plus or minus 164
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,024 plus or minus 225
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.1 percent
- Drove alone75.4 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home11.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Birdsboro
SBA loans in Birdsboro (7(a))
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$10,002,500
- Average approval$500,125
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,920,000
- Largest approval$4,500,000
- Jobs supported158
- Jobs per approval7.9
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Birdsboro
SBA loans in Birdsboro (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,333,000
- Average approval$1,083,250
- Median approval$518,000
- Largest approval$3,077,000
- Jobs supported40
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Birdsboro
Flood risk in Birdsboro
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420127
- Currently effective map date07/03/12
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Berks County, not Birdsboro
Berks County context, not Birdsboro figures
These are Berks County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Birdsboro measurements.
- Establishments in Berks County8,521
- Employment at those establishments, Berks County172,167
- Covered employment, Berks County173,692
- Average annual pay, Berks County$63,608
- Average weekly wage, Berks County$1,223
- Housing units permitted, Berks County397
- Of those, single family, Berks County214
- County product, 2024, Berks County$26,580,119,000
- County product change over the prior year, Berks County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Berks County$62,310
Every figure in this section is published for Berks County as a whole and is not a measurement of Birdsboro. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Birdsboro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania?
5,116, in 2,132 households. Birdsboro borough covers 1.32 square miles of land, which is 3,864 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Birdsboro in?
Berks County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Birdsboro?
$86,290. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $224,000. Median gross rent is $1,146 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Birdsboro businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $10.0 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $4.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Birdsboro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Birdsboro borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Birdsboro. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Birdsboro in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Birdsboro appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420127, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Birdsboro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Berks County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Birdsboro.
Is zoning published for Birdsboro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.