Defiance vs Schellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Schellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Defiance has the higher population (335 vs 325 in Schellsburg). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $67,917 in Schellsburg). Schellsburg has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Schellsburg
Population	335	325
Median age	32.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$67,917
Median home value	$89,500	$120,600
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	96	150
Homeownership rate	84.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Schellsburg
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	341 → 325 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	$52,500 → $67,917 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	$115,500 → $120,600 (+4.4%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	$729 → $763 (+4.7%)

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Schellsburg

Population

341325

Median household income

$52,500$67,917

Median home value

$115,500$120,600

Median gross rent

$729$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Schellsburg
Under 5	9.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	3.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	26.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	11.7%
75 and over	2.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Schellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.1%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Schellsburg
No high school diploma	4.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	59.2%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Schellsburg
Drove alone	92.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Schellsburg
1-unit, detached	87.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Schellsburg
Poverty rate	3.1%	15.0%
Average household size	3.94	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938