Glen Lyon vs Shavertown

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Lyon and Shavertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shavertown has the higher population (2,150 vs 1,956 in Glen Lyon). Shavertown has the higher median household income ($86,118 vs $34,416 in Glen Lyon). Shavertown has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $84,300 in Glen Lyon).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
Population	1,956	2,150
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,416	$86,118
Median home value	$84,300	$202,400
Median gross rent	$888	$1,142
Housing units	912	1,154
Homeownership rate	51.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
Population	1,698 → 1,956 (+15.2%)	1,981 → 2,150 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$37,667 → $34,416 (-8.6%)	$63,867 → $86,118 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $84,300 (+11.5%)	$141,000 → $202,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $888 (+26.9%)	$640 → $1,142 (+78.4%)

Glen Lyon

Population

1,6981,956

Median household income

$37,667$34,416

Median home value

$75,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$700$888

Shavertown

Population

1,9812,150

Median household income

$63,867$86,118

Median home value

$141,000$202,400

Median gross rent

$640$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
Under 5	7.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	7.4%	7.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	28.1%	23.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	2.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	99.1%
Black or African American	12.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	50.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
Drove alone	85.1%	90.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
1-unit, detached	48.0%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Lyon	Shavertown
Poverty rate	16.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1958