With 5,116 people, Birdsboro is a city in Pennsylvania. The foreign-born share is 1%. Density works out to 3,864 people per square mile. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $224,000. The poverty rate is 18.1%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $86,290, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Birdsboro
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate3.6% → 18.1%(+14.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$186,725 → $224,000(+20%)US over the same years: +67%
White share98.7% → 88.3%(−10.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.1%(28)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era67.6%(209)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 309 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Birdsboro, decade by decade
Birdsboro population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,222
$86,549
$186,725
12.3%
3.1
2000
5,064
$98,246
$185,080
16.8%
9.4
2010
5,163
$88,730
$251,174
19.8%
15.3
2020
5,106
$77,315
$206,047
30.9%
30.1
2024
5,116
$86,290
$224,000
27.4%
27.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
