Enola vs Shippensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Enola and Shippensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Enola has the higher population (5,913 vs 5,811 in Shippensburg). Enola has the higher median household income ($68,131 vs $52,344 in Shippensburg). Enola has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $163,200 in Shippensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Enola	Shippensburg
Population	5,913	5,811
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,131	$52,344
Median home value	$163,900	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,098	$898
Housing units	2,739	2,987
Homeownership rate	52.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enola	Shippensburg
Population	6,251 → 5,913 (-5.4%)	5,663 → 5,811 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$48,510 → $68,131 (+40.4%)	$44,005 → $52,344 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $163,900 (+18.9%)	$156,700 → $163,200 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,098 (+23.8%)	$761 → $898 (+18.0%)

Enola

Population

6,2515,913

Median household income

$48,510$68,131

Median home value

$137,800$163,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,098

Shippensburg

Population

5,6635,811

Median household income

$44,005$52,344

Median home value

$156,700$163,200

Median gross rent

$761$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enola	Shippensburg
Under 5	4.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	4.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enola	Shippensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enola	Shippensburg
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enola	Shippensburg
Drove alone	75.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enola	Shippensburg
1-unit, detached	40.4%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Enola	Shippensburg
Poverty rate	7.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1949