Milton vs Shamokin

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

Milton 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 6,582 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($53,552 vs $36,438 in Shamokin). Milton has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $57,400 in Shamokin).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Shamokin
Population	6,582	6,890
Median age	36.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,552	$36,438
Median home value	$172,100	$57,400
Median gross rent	$902	$649
Housing units	3,072	4,418
Homeownership rate	45.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Shamokin
Population	6,697 → 6,582 (-1.7%)	7,051 → 6,890 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $53,552 (+9.3%)	$28,737 → $36,438 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $172,100 (+30.9%)	$36,700 → $57,400 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $902 (+32.6%)	$591 → $649 (+9.8%)

Milton

Population

6,6976,582

Median household income

$49,000$53,552

Median home value

$131,500$172,100

Median gross rent

$680$902

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)

	Milton	Shamokin
Under 5	6.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Shamokin
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Shamokin
No high school diploma	6.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	50.3%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Shamokin
Drove alone	87.0%	64.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Shamokin
1-unit, detached	43.7%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	46.1%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	11.3%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Shamokin
Poverty rate	12.3%	27.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1964	1938