Hookstown vs Shippingport

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

Hookstown 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 101 in Hookstown). Shippingport has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $61,667 in Hookstown). Shippingport has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $110,200 in Hookstown).

Population, income & housing

	Hookstown	Shippingport
Population	101	174
Median age	54.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$63,750
Median home value	$110,200	$137,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,313
Housing units	60	96
Homeownership rate	83.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hookstown	Shippingport
Population	144 → 101 (-29.9%)	174 → 174 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$31,953 → $61,667 (+93.0%)	$71,750 → $63,750 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $110,200 (+27.1%)	$112,500 → $137,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $925 (+0.0%)	$778 → $1,313 (+68.8%)

Hookstown

Population

144101

Median household income

$31,953$61,667

Median home value

$86,700$110,200

Median gross rent

$925$925

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)

	Hookstown	Shippingport
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	7.9%	8.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	4.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	23.8%	4.6%
75 and over	4.0%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hookstown	Shippingport
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hookstown	Shippingport
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hookstown	Shippingport
Drove alone	67.3%	99.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hookstown	Shippingport
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Hookstown	Shippingport
Poverty rate	2.0%	12.6%
Average household size	1.87	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1957	1962