Glasgow vs Shippingport

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

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

Shippingport has the higher population (174 vs 96 in Glasgow). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($66,563 vs $63,750 in Shippingport). Since 2019, Shippingport's population has grown faster (+0.0% vs -14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Shippingport
Population	96	174
Median age	27.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,563	$63,750
Median home value	—	$137,500
Median gross rent	$933	$1,313
Housing units	42	96
Homeownership rate	62.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Shippingport
Population	112 → 96 (-14.3%)	174 → 174 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$21,458 → $66,563 (+210.2%)	$71,750 → $63,750 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $24,200 (-49.9%)	$112,500 → $137,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $933 (+13.6%)	$778 → $1,313 (+68.8%)

Glasgow

Population

11296

Median household income

$21,458$66,563

Median home value

$48,300$24,200

Median gross rent

$821$933

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)

	Glasgow	Shippingport
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	24.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	3.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.0%
55 to 64	32.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	3.1%	4.6%
75 and over	6.3%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Shippingport
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Shippingport
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Shippingport
Drove alone	79.7%	99.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Shippingport
1-unit, detached	78.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Shippingport
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.6%
Average household size	3.00	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1940	1962