Beavertown vs Shamokin Dam

A side-by-side comparison of Beavertown and Shamokin Dam: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shamokin Dam has the higher population (1,758 vs 806 in Beavertown). Shamokin Dam has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $66,042 in Beavertown). Shamokin Dam has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $148,800 in Beavertown).

Population, income & housing

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
Population	806	1,758
Median age	42.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$77,721
Median home value	$148,800	$195,400
Median gross rent	$803	$976
Housing units	389	768
Homeownership rate	76.1%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
Population	1,077 → 806 (-25.2%)	1,919 → 1,758 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $66,042 (+35.5%)	$47,946 → $77,721 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $148,800 (+18.4%)	$164,900 → $195,400 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $803 (-2.3%)	$647 → $976 (+50.9%)

Beavertown

Population

1,077806

Median household income

$48,750$66,042

Median home value

$125,700$148,800

Median gross rent

$822$803

Shamokin Dam

Population

1,9191,758

Median household income

$47,946$77,721

Median home value

$164,900$195,400

Median gross rent

$647$976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
Under 5	2.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	19.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.3%
75 and over	11.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	58.2%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
Drove alone	83.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
1-unit, detached	82.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beavertown	Shamokin Dam
Poverty rate	8.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1957	1968