2020 census As of the
2020 census, Shrewsbury had a population of 3,848. The median age was 47.5 years. 19.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.5 males age 18 and over. 99.6% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.4% lived in rural areas. There were 1,545 households in Shrewsbury, of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.6% were married-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,617 housing units, of which 4.5% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%.
2000 census As of the
census of 2000, there were three thousand three hundred and seventy-eight people, one thousand three hundred and thirty households and nine hundred and forty-two families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 97.48%
White, 0.80%
African American, 0.15%
Native American, 0.77%
Asian, 0.15%
Pacific Islander, 0.27% from
other races, and 0.38% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population. There were one thousand three hundred and thirty households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 61.4% were
married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.1% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08. In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of eighteen, 6.0% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.5% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.2% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 13.6% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty years. For every one hundred females there were 92.5 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 88.7 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $49,983, and the median income for a family was $57,358. Males had a median income of $39,107 compared with that of $32,196 for females. The
per capita income for the borough was $20,292. Roughly 2.4% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age eighteen and 15.2% of those aged sixty-five or over. ==Education==