Shickshinny vs Silkworth

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

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

Shickshinny has the higher population (627 vs 564 in Silkworth). Silkworth has the higher median household income ($67,273 vs $42,813 in Shickshinny). Silkworth has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $84,500 in Shickshinny).

Population, income & housing

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
Population	627	564
Median age	47.4 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$67,273
Median home value	$84,500	$221,500
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	355	331
Homeownership rate	58.8%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
Population	614 → 627 (+2.1%)	865 → 564 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$36,917 → $42,813 (+16.0%)	$74,531 → $67,273 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $84,500 (+17.0%)	$195,000 → $221,500 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $675 (+0.6%)	—

Shickshinny

Population

614627

Median household income

$36,917$42,813

Median home value

$72,200$84,500

Median gross rent

$671$675

Silkworth

Population

865564

Median household income

$74,531$67,273

Median home value

$195,000$221,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
Under 5	2.9%	14.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	8.5%
18 to 24	14.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	0.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	27.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.6%
75 and over	17.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	54.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
Drove alone	77.9%	91.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
1-unit, detached	67.3%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Shickshinny	Silkworth
Poverty rate	12.9%	2.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1950	1983