Shavertown vs Trucksville

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

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

Trucksville has the higher population (2,284 vs 2,150 in Shavertown). Shavertown has the higher median household income ($86,118 vs $61,750 in Trucksville). Both have a median home value of $202,400.

Population, income & housing

	Shavertown	Trucksville
Population	2,150	2,284
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,118	$61,750
Median home value	$202,400	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,142	$1,157
Housing units	1,154	1,091
Homeownership rate	88.6%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shavertown	Trucksville
Population	1,981 → 2,150 (+8.5%)	2,436 → 2,284 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$63,867 → $86,118 (+34.8%)	$77,452 → $61,750 (-20.3%)
Median home value	$141,000 → $202,400 (+43.5%)	$172,000 → $202,400 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $1,142 (+78.4%)	$868 → $1,157 (+33.3%)

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

Trucksville

Population

2,4362,284

Median household income

$77,452$61,750

Median home value

$172,000$202,400

Median gross rent

$868$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shavertown	Trucksville
Under 5	8.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	7.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	23.9%	19.3%
35 to 44	2.7%	4.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	16.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	17.1%
75 and over	16.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shavertown	Trucksville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
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	0.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shavertown	Trucksville
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.9%
High school graduate	31.6%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shavertown	Trucksville
Drove alone	90.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shavertown	Trucksville
1-unit, detached	83.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shavertown	Trucksville
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1958	1973