Schlusser vs Shippensburg

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

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

Schlusser has the higher population (5,926 vs 5,811 in Shippensburg). Schlusser has the higher median household income ($92,813 vs $52,344 in Shippensburg). Schlusser has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $163,200 in Shippensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
Population	5,926	5,811
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,813	$52,344
Median home value	$218,500	$163,200
Median gross rent	$973	$898
Housing units	2,432	2,987
Homeownership rate	81.1%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.3%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
Population	4,794 → 5,926 (+23.6%)	5,663 → 5,811 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$69,092 → $92,813 (+34.3%)	$44,005 → $52,344 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $218,500 (+40.5%)	$156,700 → $163,200 (+4.1%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $973 (+17.7%)	$761 → $898 (+18.0%)

Schlusser

Population

4,7945,926

Median household income

$69,092$92,813

Median home value

$155,500$218,500

Median gross rent

$827$973

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)

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
Under 5	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	19.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.8%
75 and over	9.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	7.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
Drove alone	81.1%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	14.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
1-unit, detached	62.6%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	21.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	12.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Schlusser	Shippensburg
Poverty rate	6.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1979	1949