Alverda vs Shelocta

A side-by-side comparison of Alverda and Shelocta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alverda has the higher population (173 vs 59 in Shelocta). Shelocta has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $36,250 in Alverda). Since 2019, Alverda's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs -43.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Alverda	Shelocta
Population	173	59
Median age	43.6 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$51,250
Median home value	$82,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	100	30
Homeownership rate	71.0%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alverda	Shelocta
Population	141 → 173 (+22.7%)	104 → 59 (-43.3%)
Median household income	$36,016 → $36,250 (+0.6%)	$62,917 → $51,250 (-18.5%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $82,800 (+6.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$672 → $775 (+15.3%)	$667 → $940 (+40.9%)

Alverda

Population

141173

Median household income

$36,016$36,250

Median home value

$77,800$82,800

Median gross rent

$672$775

Shelocta

Population

10459

Median household income

$62,917$51,250

Median gross rent

$667$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alverda	Shelocta
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.9%	3.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	5.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	16.8%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alverda	Shelocta
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alverda	Shelocta
No high school diploma	11.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	64.5%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alverda	Shelocta
Drove alone	64.1%	61.5%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	30.8%
Other means	16.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alverda	Shelocta
1-unit, detached	91.0%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alverda	Shelocta
Poverty rate	24.9%	10.2%
Average household size	1.68	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1963	1938