Fallston vs Shippingport

A side-by-side comparison of Fallston and Shippingport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fallston has the higher population (252 vs 174 in Shippingport). Shippingport has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $60,833 in Fallston). Shippingport has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $107,400 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Fallston	Shippingport
Population	252	174
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$63,750
Median home value	$107,400	$137,500
Median gross rent	$900	$1,313
Housing units	128	96
Homeownership rate	81.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallston	Shippingport
Population	227 → 252 (+11.0%)	174 → 174 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$51,071 → $60,833 (+19.1%)	$71,750 → $63,750 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $107,400 (+33.1%)	$112,500 → $137,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $900 (+22.0%)	$778 → $1,313 (+68.8%)

Fallston

Population

227252

Median household income

$51,071$60,833

Median home value

$80,700$107,400

Median gross rent

$738$900

Shippingport

Population

174174

Median household income

$71,750$63,750

Median home value

$112,500$137,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallston	Shippingport
Under 5	2.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	13.2%
25 to 34	19.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	4.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	4.6%
75 and over	9.1%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallston	Shippingport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallston	Shippingport
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallston	Shippingport
Drove alone	78.2%	99.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallston	Shippingport
1-unit, detached	75.0%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Fallston	Shippingport
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.17	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1952	1962