Lower Allen vs Shippensburg

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

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

Lower Allen has the higher population (7,582 vs 5,811 in Shippensburg). Lower Allen has the higher median household income ($85,537 vs $52,344 in Shippensburg). Lower Allen has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $163,200 in Shippensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
Population	7,582	5,811
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,537	$52,344
Median home value	$246,100	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,117	$898
Housing units	3,374	2,987
Homeownership rate	68.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
Population	6,840 → 7,582 (+10.8%)	5,663 → 5,811 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$74,358 → $85,537 (+15.0%)	$44,005 → $52,344 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$183,600 → $246,100 (+34.0%)	$156,700 → $163,200 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,117 (+22.7%)	$761 → $898 (+18.0%)

Lower Allen

Population

6,8407,582

Median household income

$74,358$85,537

Median home value

$183,600$246,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,117

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)

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.8%
75 and over	9.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	92.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
No high school diploma	4.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
Drove alone	77.2%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.2%	7.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
1-unit, detached	59.3%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	12.8%
20 or more units	13.1%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Allen	Shippensburg
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1949