Northumberland vs Shamokin

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

Northumberland 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 3,874 in Northumberland). Northumberland has the higher median household income ($57,162 vs $36,438 in Shamokin). Northumberland has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $57,400 in Shamokin).

Population, income & housing

	Northumberland	Shamokin
Population	3,874	6,890
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,162	$36,438
Median home value	$158,200	$57,400
Median gross rent	$986	$649
Housing units	1,861	4,418
Homeownership rate	64.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northumberland	Shamokin
Population	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)	7,051 → 6,890 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)	$28,737 → $36,438 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)	$36,700 → $57,400 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)	$591 → $649 (+9.8%)

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

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)

	Northumberland	Shamokin
Under 5	4.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northumberland	Shamokin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northumberland	Shamokin
No high school diploma	8.0%	21.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northumberland	Shamokin
Drove alone	82.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	21.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northumberland	Shamokin
1-unit, detached	64.1%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	46.1%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Northumberland	Shamokin
Poverty rate	18.3%	27.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1954	1938