Homewood vs Shippingport

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

Homewood 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 93 in Homewood). Shippingport has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $61,667 in Homewood). Shippingport has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $112,500 in Homewood).

Population, income & housing

	Homewood	Shippingport
Population	93	174
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$63,750
Median home value	$112,500	$137,500
Median gross rent	$927	$1,313
Housing units	50	96
Homeownership rate	63.6%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homewood	Shippingport
Population	93 → 93 (+0.0%)	174 → 174 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $61,667 (-3.3%)	$71,750 → $63,750 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $112,500 (+35.5%)	$112,500 → $137,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $927 (+42.6%)	$778 → $1,313 (+68.8%)

Homewood

Population

9393

Median household income

$63,750$61,667

Median home value

$83,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$650$927

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)

	Homewood	Shippingport
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	3.2%	8.6%
18 to 24	15.1%	13.2%
25 to 34	23.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	4.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	17.2%	4.6%
75 and over	7.5%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homewood	Shippingport
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	7.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homewood	Shippingport
No high school diploma	15.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	52.6%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homewood	Shippingport
Drove alone	61.0%	99.0%
Carpooled	34.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homewood	Shippingport
1-unit, detached	96.0%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Homewood	Shippingport
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.11	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1946	1962