Austin vs Shinglehouse

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Shinglehouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shinglehouse has the higher population (898 vs 597 in Austin). Austin has the higher median household income ($47,386 vs $41,250 in Shinglehouse). Austin has the higher median home value ($83,800 vs $72,500 in Shinglehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Shinglehouse
Population	597	898
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,386	$41,250
Median home value	$83,800	$72,500
Median gross rent	$785	$705
Housing units	276	458
Homeownership rate	77.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Shinglehouse
Population	559 → 597 (+6.8%)	1,073 → 898 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $47,386 (-1.0%)	$21,786 → $41,250 (+89.3%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $83,800 (+41.6%)	$76,000 → $72,500 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $785 (+18.4%)	$506 → $705 (+39.3%)

Austin

Population

559597

Median household income

$47,857$47,386

Median home value

$59,200$83,800

Median gross rent

$663$785

Shinglehouse

Population

1,073898

Median household income

$21,786$41,250

Median home value

$76,000$72,500

Median gross rent

$506$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Shinglehouse
Under 5	6.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	15.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	5.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.8%
75 and over	13.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Shinglehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Shinglehouse
No high school diploma	9.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	53.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Shinglehouse
Drove alone	77.8%	87.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Shinglehouse
1-unit, detached	78.6%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Shinglehouse
Poverty rate	10.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1953	1957