Galeton vs Shinglehouse

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

Galeton 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 822 in Galeton). Galeton has the higher median household income ($67,521 vs $41,250 in Shinglehouse). Galeton has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $72,500 in Shinglehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
Population	822	898
Median age	47.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,521	$41,250
Median home value	$107,800	$72,500
Median gross rent	$926	$705
Housing units	599	458
Homeownership rate	69.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
Population	942 → 822 (-12.7%)	1,073 → 898 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $67,521 (+91.8%)	$21,786 → $41,250 (+89.3%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $107,800 (+47.9%)	$76,000 → $72,500 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $926 (+44.2%)	$506 → $705 (+39.3%)

Galeton

Population

942822

Median household income

$35,208$67,521

Median home value

$72,900$107,800

Median gross rent

$642$926

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)

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
Under 5	3.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	15.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.8%
75 and over	9.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
Drove alone	79.1%	87.8%
Carpooled	1.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
1-unit, detached	79.6%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Galeton	Shinglehouse
Poverty rate	15.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1938	1957