Dumb Hundred vs Shelltown

A side-by-side comparison of Dumb Hundred and Shelltown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dumb Hundred has the higher population (80 vs 74 in Shelltown). Shelltown has the higher median household income ($122,727 vs $86,750 in Dumb Hundred). Dumb Hundred has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $110,800 in Shelltown).

Population, income & housing

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
Population	80	74
Median age	52.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$122,727
Median home value	$140,600	$110,800
Housing units	29	20
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
Population	73 → 80 (+9.6%)	54 → 74 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$53,929 → $86,750 (+60.9%)	$105,341 → $122,727 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$142,100 → $140,600 (-1.1%)	$92,300 → $110,800 (+20.0%)

Dumb Hundred

Population

7380

Median household income

$53,929$86,750

Median home value

$142,100$140,600

Shelltown

Population

5474

Median household income

$105,341$122,727

Median home value

$92,300$110,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
Under 5	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	17.5%	13.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	36.5%
45 to 54	36.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	2.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumb Hundred	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+

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	81.7%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
Drove alone	88.7%	56.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	43.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
1-unit, detached	75.9%	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	24.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumb Hundred	Shelltown
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.9%
Average household size	2.76	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1986	1955