Shickshinny vs Wanamie

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

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

Wanamie has the higher population (762 vs 627 in Shickshinny). Wanamie has the higher median household income ($49,700 vs $42,813 in Shickshinny). Wanamie has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $84,500 in Shickshinny).

Population, income & housing

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
Population	627	762
Median age	47.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$49,700
Median home value	$84,500	$157,600
Median gross rent	$675	$1,263
Housing units	355	389
Homeownership rate	58.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
Population	614 → 627 (+2.1%)	626 → 762 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$36,917 → $42,813 (+16.0%)	$54,196 → $49,700 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $84,500 (+17.0%)	$140,100 → $157,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $675 (+0.6%)	$850 → $1,263 (+48.6%)

Shickshinny

Population

614627

Median household income

$36,917$42,813

Median home value

$72,200$84,500

Median gross rent

$671$675

Wanamie

Population

626762

Median household income

$54,196$49,700

Median home value

$140,100$157,600

Median gross rent

$850$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
Under 5	2.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	14.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	21.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.8%
75 and over	17.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	94.0%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	54.1%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
Drove alone	77.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
1-unit, detached	67.3%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shickshinny	Wanamie
Poverty rate	12.9%	26.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1950	1938