Sheatown vs Silkworth

A side-by-side comparison of Sheatown and Silkworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silkworth has the higher population (564 vs 533 in Sheatown). Silkworth has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $108,900 in Sheatown). Since 2019, Sheatown's population has grown faster (-31.8% vs -34.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Sheatown	Silkworth
Population	533	564
Median age	56.5 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,273
Median home value	$108,900	$221,500
Median gross rent	$684	—
Housing units	259	331
Homeownership rate	73.8%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheatown	Silkworth
Population	782 → 533 (-31.8%)	865 → 564 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $34,352 (-15.1%)	$74,531 → $67,273 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $108,900 (+0.4%)	$195,000 → $221,500 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $684 (-7.9%)	—

Sheatown

Population

782533

Median household income

$40,469$34,352

Median home value

$108,500$108,900

Median gross rent

$743$684

Silkworth

Population

865564

Median household income

$74,531$67,273

Median home value

$195,000$221,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheatown	Silkworth
Under 5	3.8%	14.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	0.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	27.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	18.6%
75 and over	25.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheatown	Silkworth
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	99.6%
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	8.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheatown	Silkworth
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheatown	Silkworth
Drove alone	70.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheatown	Silkworth
1-unit, detached	68.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Sheatown	Silkworth
Poverty rate	16.2%	2.5%
Average household size	1.78	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1938	1983