Cressona vs Shenandoah Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Cressona and Shenandoah Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cressona has the higher population (1,303 vs 1,284 in Shenandoah Heights). Shenandoah Heights has the higher median household income ($88,417 vs $71,010 in Cressona). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $85,000 in Shenandoah Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
Population	1,303	1,284
Median age	38.5 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$88,417
Median home value	$153,500	$85,000
Median gross rent	$888	—
Housing units	588	659
Homeownership rate	73.2%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,402 → 1,284 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$76,571 → $88,417 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$93,800 → $85,000 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$738 → $1,054 (+42.8%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Shenandoah Heights

Population

1,4021,284

Median household income

$76,571$88,417

Median home value

$93,800$85,000

Median gross rent

$738$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
Under 5	4.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	5.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	17.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	22.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.1%
75 and over	8.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
No high school diploma	6.4%	21.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
Drove alone	76.2%	85.1%
Carpooled	14.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
1-unit, detached	66.0%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	49.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Shenandoah Heights
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.35	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1953