Silkworth vs West Nanticoke

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

Silkworth 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 564 in Silkworth). West Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($75,380 vs $67,273 in Silkworth). Silkworth has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $114,400 in West Nanticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
Population	564	582
Median age	58.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,273	$75,380
Median home value	$221,500	$114,400
Median gross rent	—	$956
Housing units	331	281
Homeownership rate	96.3%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
Population	865 → 564 (-34.8%)	464 → 582 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$74,531 → $67,273 (-9.7%)	$52,788 → $75,380 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$195,000 → $221,500 (+13.6%)	$102,400 → $114,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$658 → $956 (+45.3%)

Silkworth

Population

865564

Median household income

$74,531$67,273

Median home value

$195,000$221,500

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)

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
Under 5	14.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	13.1%
25 to 34	6.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	20.3%
45 to 54	0.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	27.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.5%
75 and over	9.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	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	0.4%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
Drove alone	91.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	86.7%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silkworth	West Nanticoke
Poverty rate	2.5%	8.8%
Average household size	2.34	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1983	1950