Cotton Town vs Shelltown

A side-by-side comparison of Cotton Town and Shelltown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelltown has the higher population (74 vs 63 in Cotton Town). Shelltown has the higher median household income ($122,727 vs $13,885 in Cotton Town). Cotton Town has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $110,800 in Shelltown).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
Population	63	74
Median age	67.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$13,885	$122,727
Median home value	$261,500	$110,800
Housing units	57	20
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
Population	22 → 63 (+186.4%)	54 → 74 (+37.0%)
Median household income	—	$105,341 → $122,727 (+16.5%)
Median home value	—	$92,300 → $110,800 (+20.0%)

Cotton Town

Population

2263

Shelltown

Population

5474

Median household income

$105,341$122,727

Median home value

$92,300$110,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
Under 5	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	36.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	2.7%
65 to 74	71.4%	0.0%
75 and over	28.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	58.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
Drove alone	—	56.8%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	43.2%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	55.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Town	Shelltown
Poverty rate	71.4%	18.9%
Average household size	1.11	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955