Shickshinny vs West Nanticoke

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

Shickshinny and West Nanticoke 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 582 in West Nanticoke). West Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($75,380 vs $42,813 in Shickshinny). West Nanticoke has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $84,500 in Shickshinny).

Population, income & housing

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
Population	627	582
Median age	47.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$75,380
Median home value	$84,500	$114,400
Median gross rent	$675	$956
Housing units	355	281
Homeownership rate	58.8%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
Population	614 → 627 (+2.1%)	464 → 582 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$36,917 → $42,813 (+16.0%)	$52,788 → $75,380 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $84,500 (+17.0%)	$102,400 → $114,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $675 (+0.6%)	$658 → $956 (+45.3%)

Shickshinny

Population

614627

Median household income

$36,917$42,813

Median home value

$72,200$84,500

Median gross rent

$671$675

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)

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
Under 5	2.9%	2.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.8%	13.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	5.1%	20.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.5%
75 and over	17.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	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	2.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	54.1%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
Drove alone	77.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	67.3%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shickshinny	West Nanticoke
Poverty rate	12.9%	8.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1950	1950