Sheatown vs West Nanticoke

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

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

West Nanticoke has the higher population (582 vs 533 in Sheatown). West Nanticoke has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $108,900 in Sheatown). Since 2019, West Nanticoke's population has grown faster (+25.4% vs -31.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
Population	533	582
Median age	56.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,380
Median home value	$108,900	$114,400
Median gross rent	$684	$956
Housing units	259	281
Homeownership rate	73.8%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
Population	782 → 533 (-31.8%)	464 → 582 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $34,352 (-15.1%)	$52,788 → $75,380 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $108,900 (+0.4%)	$102,400 → $114,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $684 (-7.9%)	$658 → $956 (+45.3%)

Sheatown

Population

782533

Median household income

$40,469$34,352

Median home value

$108,500$108,900

Median gross rent

$743$684

West Nanticoke

Population

464582

Median household income

$52,788$75,380

Median home value

$102,400$114,400

Median gross rent

$658$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
Under 5	3.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	20.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.5%
75 and over	25.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
Drove alone	70.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	68.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheatown	West Nanticoke
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.8%
Average household size	1.78	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1950