Brentwood vs Castle Shannon

A side-by-side comparison of Brentwood and Castle Shannon: population, income, housing, and more.

Brentwood and Castle Shannon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brentwood has the higher population (9,927 vs 8,237 in Castle Shannon). Castle Shannon has the higher median household income ($62,426 vs $60,432 in Brentwood). Castle Shannon has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $143,700 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
Population	9,927	8,237
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,432	$62,426
Median home value	$143,700	$182,400
Median gross rent	$822	$1,002
Housing units	4,789	4,044
Homeownership rate	62.6%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
Population	9,386 → 9,927 (+5.8%)	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$58,303 → $60,432 (+3.7%)	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $143,700 (+45.9%)	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $822 (+7.6%)	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)

Brentwood

Population

9,3869,927

Median household income

$58,303$60,432

Median home value

$98,500$143,700

Median gross rent

$764$822

Castle Shannon

Population

8,2138,237

Median household income

$62,149$62,426

Median home value

$125,500$182,400

Median gross rent

$859$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
Under 5	8.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	19.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	7.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
Drove alone	60.4%	64.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.2%
Public transit	12.3%	13.9%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
1-unit, detached	61.3%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	9.2%
20 or more units	12.4%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Castle Shannon
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1951	1954