New Cumberland vs Shippensburg

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

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

New Cumberland has the higher population (7,531 vs 5,811 in Shippensburg). New Cumberland has the higher median household income ($81,947 vs $52,344 in Shippensburg). New Cumberland has the higher median home value ($232,800 vs $163,200 in Shippensburg).

Population, income & housing

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
Population	7,531	5,811
Median age	40.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,947	$52,344
Median home value	$232,800	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,031	$898
Housing units	3,574	2,987
Homeownership rate	69.4%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
Population	7,309 → 7,531 (+3.0%)	5,663 → 5,811 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$66,364 → $81,947 (+23.5%)	$44,005 → $52,344 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $232,800 (+37.2%)	$156,700 → $163,200 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $1,031 (+24.8%)	$761 → $898 (+18.0%)

New Cumberland

Population

7,3097,531

Median household income

$66,364$81,947

Median home value

$169,700$232,800

Median gross rent

$826$1,031

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)

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	19.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.8%
75 and over	5.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
Drove alone	74.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	14.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	16.5%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
1-unit, detached	67.2%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Cumberland	Shippensburg
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1953	1949