Reservoir vs Shelltown

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

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

Reservoir has the higher population (86 vs 74 in Shelltown). Reservoir has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $110,800 in Shelltown). Since 2019, Reservoir's population has grown faster (+68.6% vs +37.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Reservoir	Shelltown
Population	86	74
Median age	74.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$122,727
Median home value	$181,800	$110,800
Housing units	48	20
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reservoir	Shelltown
Population	51 → 86 (+68.6%)	54 → 74 (+37.0%)
Median household income	—	$105,341 → $122,727 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$143,200 → $181,800 (+27.0%)	$92,300 → $110,800 (+20.0%)

Reservoir

Population

5186

Median home value

$143,200$181,800

Shelltown

Population

5474

Median household income

$105,341$122,727

Median home value

$92,300$110,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reservoir	Shelltown
Under 5	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	18.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	36.5%
45 to 54	7.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	4.7%	2.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	0.0%
75 and over	50.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reservoir	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+

	Reservoir	Shelltown
No high school diploma	10.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	64.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reservoir	Shelltown
Drove alone	100.0%	56.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Reservoir	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

	Reservoir	Shelltown
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.9%
Average household size	1.25	3.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1960	1955