Distant vs Shippenville

A side-by-side comparison of Distant and Shippenville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Distant has the higher population (611 vs 579 in Shippenville). Distant has the higher median household income ($71,094 vs $46,016 in Shippenville). Distant has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $100,900 in Shippenville).

Population, income & housing

	Distant	Shippenville
Population	611	579
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,094	$46,016
Median home value	$111,800	$100,900
Median gross rent	$726	$962
Housing units	273	233
Homeownership rate	68.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Distant	Shippenville
Population	—	583 → 579 (-0.7%)
Median household income	—	$42,857 → $46,016 (+7.4%)
Median home value	—	$85,000 → $100,900 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$782 → $962 (+23.0%)

Distant

Shippenville

Population

583579

Median household income

$42,857$46,016

Median home value

$85,000$100,900

Median gross rent

$782$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Distant	Shippenville
Under 5	4.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	21.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.5%
75 and over	10.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Distant	Shippenville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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	0.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Distant	Shippenville
No high school diploma	13.4%	22.5%
High school graduate	45.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Distant	Shippenville
Drove alone	80.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Distant	Shippenville
1-unit, detached	95.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Distant	Shippenville
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1950	1956