Shippenville vs Sligo

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

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

Sligo has the higher population (750 vs 579 in Shippenville). Sligo has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $46,016 in Shippenville). Sligo has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $100,900 in Shippenville).

Population, income & housing

	Shippenville	Sligo
Population	579	750
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,016	$52,500
Median home value	$100,900	$111,500
Median gross rent	$962	$775
Housing units	233	358
Homeownership rate	62.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shippenville	Sligo
Population	583 → 579 (-0.7%)	491 → 750 (+52.7%)
Median household income	$42,857 → $46,016 (+7.4%)	$38,125 → $52,500 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $100,900 (+18.7%)	$88,600 → $111,500 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $962 (+23.0%)	$720 → $775 (+7.6%)

Shippenville

Population

583579

Median household income

$42,857$46,016

Median home value

$85,000$100,900

Median gross rent

$782$962

Sligo

Population

491750

Median household income

$38,125$52,500

Median home value

$88,600$111,500

Median gross rent

$720$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shippenville	Sligo
Under 5	5.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	6.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.9%
75 and over	10.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shippenville	Sligo
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shippenville	Sligo
No high school diploma	22.5%	11.8%
High school graduate	40.6%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shippenville	Sligo
Drove alone	77.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.1%
Other means	3.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shippenville	Sligo
1-unit, detached	73.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Shippenville	Sligo
Poverty rate	14.1%	19.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1956	1955