Hegins vs Shenandoah Heights

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

Hegins 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 1,103 in Hegins). Hegins has the higher median household income ($90,829 vs $88,417 in Shenandoah Heights). Hegins has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $85,000 in Shenandoah Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
Population	1,103	1,284
Median age	32.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,829	$88,417
Median home value	$209,800	$85,000
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	540	659
Homeownership rate	79.3%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
Population	916 → 1,103 (+20.4%)	1,402 → 1,284 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $90,829 (+29.8%)	$76,571 → $88,417 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $209,800 (+113.0%)	$93,800 → $85,000 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $800 (+11.4%)	$738 → $1,054 (+42.8%)

Hegins

Population

9161,103

Median household income

$70,000$90,829

Median home value

$98,500$209,800

Median gross rent

$718$800

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)

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	1.6%	5.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	17.1%
25 to 34	48.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	4.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	22.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.5%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
No high school diploma	3.2%	21.0%
High school graduate	23.9%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
Drove alone	83.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
1-unit, detached	86.1%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	49.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Hegins	Shenandoah Heights
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.07	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1961	1953