Kulpmont vs Shamokin

A side-by-side comparison of Kulpmont and Shamokin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shamokin has the higher population (6,890 vs 2,735 in Kulpmont). Kulpmont has the higher median household income ($51,066 vs $36,438 in Shamokin). Kulpmont has the higher median home value ($76,800 vs $57,400 in Shamokin).

Population, income & housing

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
Population	2,735	6,890
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,066	$36,438
Median home value	$76,800	$57,400
Median gross rent	$807	$649
Housing units	1,385	4,418
Homeownership rate	78.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
Population	2,800 → 2,735 (-2.3%)	7,051 → 6,890 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$54,455 → $51,066 (-6.2%)	$28,737 → $36,438 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $76,800 (+16.0%)	$36,700 → $57,400 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $807 (+13.3%)	$591 → $649 (+9.8%)

Kulpmont

Population

2,8002,735

Median household income

$54,455$51,066

Median home value

$66,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$712$807

Shamokin

Population

7,0516,890

Median household income

$28,737$36,438

Median home value

$36,700$57,400

Median gross rent

$591$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
No high school diploma	7.7%	21.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
Drove alone	83.5%	64.6%
Carpooled	15.1%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
1-unit, detached	39.1%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	46.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Kulpmont	Shamokin
Poverty rate	7.7%	27.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1948	1938