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Shoemakersville borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Shoemakersville borough is a Census borough of 1,394 people across 0.54 square miles of land, in Berks County. Median household income is $79,476, 63.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Shoemakersville
What Shoemakersville is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.54 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,591
- 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.
Shoemakersville
How many people live in Shoemakersville
- Population1,394
- Median age39.2
- Population under 18282 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over197 plus or minus 42
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent
- Households599
- Family households383
- Share of households that are families63.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shoemakersville
Income and work in Shoemakersville
- Median household income$79,476
- Per capita income$39,215
- Civilian labor force840 plus or minus 177
- Employed800 plus or minus 179
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate4.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over988
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.6 percent plus or minus 23.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shoemakersville
Housing in Shoemakersville
- Housing units655
- Occupied units599
- Vacant units56 plus or minus 36
- Vacancy rate8.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied378
- Renter occupied221 plus or minus 53
- Ownership rate63.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$180,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,146
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.3 percent
- Single family units530
- Share single family80.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more122 plus or minus 40
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1947
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shoemakersville
How Shoemakersville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute746 plus or minus 171
- Commuting under 15 minutes229 plus or minus 77
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.7 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more271 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.3 percent
- Drove alone85.4 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shoemakersville
SBA loans in Shoemakersville (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$141,000
- Average approval$141,000
- Median approval$141,000
- Largest approval$141,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Shoemakersville
Flood risk in Shoemakersville
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420149
- 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 Shoemakersville
Berks County context, not Shoemakersville 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 Shoemakersville 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 Shoemakersville. 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
Shoemakersville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania?
1,394, in 599 households. Shoemakersville borough covers 0.54 square miles of land, which is 2,591 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shoemakersville 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 Shoemakersville?
$79,476. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $180,100. Median gross rent is $1,146 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Shoemakersville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Shoemakersville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420149, 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 Shoemakersville 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 Shoemakersville.
Is zoning published for Shoemakersville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.