Carnegie vs Castle Shannon

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

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

Castle Shannon has the higher population (8,237 vs 8,015 in Carnegie). Castle Shannon has the higher median household income ($62,426 vs $62,327 in Carnegie). Castle Shannon has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $168,800 in Carnegie).

Population, income & housing

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
Population	8,015	8,237
Median age	41.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,327	$62,426
Median home value	$168,800	$182,400
Median gross rent	$880	$1,002
Housing units	4,691	4,044
Homeownership rate	53.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
Population	7,883 → 8,015 (+1.7%)	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$52,612 → $62,327 (+18.5%)	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $880 (+16.1%)	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)

Carnegie

Population

7,8838,015

Median household income

$52,612$62,327

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$758$880

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)

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
Under 5	7.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	19.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.3%
75 and over	8.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
Drove alone	61.6%	64.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.2%
Public transit	6.3%	13.9%
Walked	1.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	10.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
1-unit, detached	52.4%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	9.2%
20 or more units	15.5%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnegie	Castle Shannon
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1952	1954