Schuylkill Haven vs Shenandoah

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

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

Schuylkill Haven has the higher population (5,247 vs 4,256 in Shenandoah). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median household income ($55,682 vs $40,702 in Shenandoah). Schuylkill Haven has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $43,500 in Shenandoah).

Population, income & housing

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
Population	5,247	4,256
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,682	$40,702
Median home value	$122,600	$43,500
Median gross rent	$894	$742
Housing units	2,803	2,489
Homeownership rate	61.5%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
Population	5,178 → 5,247 (+1.3%)	4,820 → 4,256 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,682 (+15.7%)	$28,427 → $40,702 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $122,600 (+31.1%)	$28,200 → $43,500 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $894 (+41.2%)	$557 → $742 (+33.2%)

Schuylkill Haven

Population

5,1785,247

Median household income

$48,125$55,682

Median home value

$93,500$122,600

Median gross rent

$633$894

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)

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
Under 5	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	26.1%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.6%
75 and over	10.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	53.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	2.9%	16.9%
High school graduate	57.8%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
Drove alone	77.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	10.1%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	3.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	59.0%	20.8%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	67.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Schuylkill Haven	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	3.9%	32.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1942	1938