Frackville vs Shenandoah

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

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

Shenandoah has the higher population (4,256 vs 3,860 in Frackville). Frackville has the higher median household income ($56,394 vs $40,702 in Shenandoah). Frackville has the higher median home value ($99,700 vs $43,500 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Frackville	Shenandoah
Population	3,860	4,256
Median age	41.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,394	$40,702
Median home value	$99,700	$43,500
Median gross rent	$711	$742
Housing units	1,755	2,489
Homeownership rate	78.3%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frackville	Shenandoah
Population	3,649 → 3,860 (+5.8%)	4,820 → 4,256 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$56,027 → $56,394 (+0.7%)	$28,427 → $40,702 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $99,700 (+31.7%)	$28,200 → $43,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $711 (-13.6%)	$557 → $742 (+33.2%)

Frackville

Population

3,6493,860

Median household income

$56,027$56,394

Median home value

$75,700$99,700

Median gross rent

$823$711

Shenandoah

Population

4,8204,256

Median household income

$28,427$40,702

Median home value

$28,200$43,500

Median gross rent

$557$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frackville	Shenandoah
Under 5	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	26.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	9.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frackville	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	53.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.2%
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	0.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frackville	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	8.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	56.6%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frackville	Shenandoah
Drove alone	81.3%	78.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.7%
Other means	7.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frackville	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	44.7%	20.8%
1-unit, attached	40.1%	67.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frackville	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	17.2%	32.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938