Girardville vs Shenandoah Heights

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

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

Shenandoah Heights has the higher population (1,284 vs 1,094 in Girardville). Shenandoah Heights has the higher median household income ($88,417 vs $37,639 in Girardville). Shenandoah Heights has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $41,200 in Girardville).

Population, income & housing

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
Population	1,094	1,284
Median age	50.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,639	$88,417
Median home value	$41,200	$85,000
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	786	659
Homeownership rate	76.4%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
Population	1,454 → 1,094 (-24.8%)	1,402 → 1,284 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$36,544 → $37,639 (+3.0%)	$76,571 → $88,417 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$34,000 → $41,200 (+21.2%)	$93,800 → $85,000 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $613 (-13.4%)	$738 → $1,054 (+42.8%)

Girardville

Population

1,4541,094

Median household income

$36,544$37,639

Median home value

$34,000$41,200

Median gross rent

$708$613

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)

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
Under 5	1.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	5.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	17.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	22.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.1%
75 and over	11.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
No high school diploma	15.8%	21.0%
High school graduate	58.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
Drove alone	83.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
1-unit, detached	27.4%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	49.0%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Girardville	Shenandoah Heights
Poverty rate	25.0%	6.8%
Average household size	1.87	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1953