Newville vs Shippensburg University

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

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

Shippensburg University has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,269 in Newville).

Population, income & housing

	Newville	Shippensburg University
Population	1,269	1,944
Median age	37.1 yrs	19.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,599	—
Median home value	$161,300	—
Median gross rent	$884	$709
Housing units	568	17
Homeownership rate	50.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	75.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newville	Shippensburg University
Population	1,266 → 1,269 (+0.2%)	1,937 → 1,944 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$42,545 → $62,599 (+47.1%)	$16,774 → $20,833 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $161,300 (+32.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$748 → $884 (+18.2%)	—

Newville

Population

1,2661,269

Median household income

$42,545$62,599

Median home value

$121,500$161,300

Median gross rent

$748$884

Shippensburg University

Population

1,9371,944

Median household income

$16,774$20,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newville	Shippensburg University
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	97.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	0.0%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newville	Shippensburg University
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	65.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newville	Shippensburg University
No high school diploma	10.0%	18.2%
High school graduate	55.9%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	6.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newville	Shippensburg University
Drove alone	65.5%	29.1%
Carpooled	24.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	43.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newville	Shippensburg University
1-unit, detached	28.9%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	34.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	41.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newville	Shippensburg University
Poverty rate	10.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1938	1982