Sheakleyville vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Sheakleyville and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheatland has the higher population (703 vs 120 in Sheakleyville). Sheakleyville has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $43,625 in Wheatland). Sheakleyville has the higher median home value ($90,700 vs $64,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
Population	120	703
Median age	33.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$43,625
Median home value	$90,700	$64,600
Median gross rent	$817	$796
Housing units	70	322
Homeownership rate	62.0%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
Population	206 → 120 (-41.7%)	589 → 703 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $61,250 (+21.0%)	$32,206 → $43,625 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $90,700 (+14.2%)	$58,700 → $64,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $817 (+7.1%)	$682 → $796 (+16.7%)

Sheakleyville

Population

206120

Median household income

$50,625$61,250

Median home value

$79,400$90,700

Median gross rent

$763$817

Wheatland

Population

589703

Median household income

$32,206$43,625

Median home value

$58,700$64,600

Median gross rent

$682$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
Under 5	3.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	17.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.1%
75 and over	7.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
No high school diploma	10.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	61.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
Drove alone	70.8%	82.7%
Carpooled	18.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	62.9%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Sheakleyville	Wheatland
Poverty rate	17.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1958	1954