Castle Shannon vs Glenshaw

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

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

Glenshaw has the higher population (9,194 vs 8,237 in Castle Shannon). Glenshaw has the higher median household income ($91,219 vs $62,426 in Castle Shannon). Glenshaw has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $182,400 in Castle Shannon).

Population, income & housing

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
Population	8,237	9,194
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,426	$91,219
Median home value	$182,400	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,002	$948
Housing units	4,044	3,797
Homeownership rate	60.9%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
Population	8,213 → 8,237 (+0.3%)	8,669 → 9,194 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$62,149 → $62,426 (+0.4%)	$80,910 → $91,219 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $182,400 (+45.3%)	$182,700 → $241,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $1,002 (+16.6%)	$1,006 → $948 (-5.8%)

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

Glenshaw

Population

8,6699,194

Median household income

$80,910$91,219

Median home value

$182,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,006$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
Under 5	3.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.4%
75 and over	9.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
Drove alone	64.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.1%
Public transit	13.9%	1.1%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
1-unit, detached	57.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	14.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Castle Shannon	Glenshaw
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1954	1959