Castle Shannon vs Dormont

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

Castle Shannon and Dormont 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 8,120 in Dormont). Dormont has the higher median household income ($77,226 vs $62,426 in Castle Shannon). Dormont has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $182,400 in Castle Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
Population	8,237	8,120
Median age	41.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,426	$77,226
Median home value	$182,400	$204,800
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,049
Housing units	4,044	4,397
Homeownership rate	60.9%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
Population	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)	8,373 → 8,120 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)	$64,688 → $77,226 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)	$147,500 → $204,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)	$860 → $1,049 (+22.0%)

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

Dormont

Population

8,3738,120

Median household income

$64,688$77,226

Median home value

$147,500$204,800

Median gross rent

$860$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	21.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.9%
75 and over	9.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
Drove alone	64.7%	52.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.5%
Public transit	13.9%	11.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	23.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
1-unit, detached	57.5%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	12.1%
20 or more units	14.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Castle Shannon	Dormont
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1954	1938