Freeburg vs Shamokin Dam

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

Freeburg 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 810 in Freeburg). Shamokin Dam has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $60,536 in Freeburg). Shamokin Dam has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $175,000 in Freeburg).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
Population	810	1,758
Median age	47.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,536	$77,721
Median home value	$175,000	$195,400
Median gross rent	$1,031	$976
Housing units	335	768
Homeownership rate	78.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
Population	589 → 810 (+37.5%)	1,919 → 1,758 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$57,656 → $60,536 (+5.0%)	$47,946 → $77,721 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $175,000 (+33.3%)	$164,900 → $195,400 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $1,031 (+44.2%)	$647 → $976 (+50.9%)

Freeburg

Population

589810

Median household income

$57,656$60,536

Median home value

$131,300$175,000

Median gross rent

$715$1,031

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)

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
Under 5	2.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	18.6%	14.3%
75 and over	11.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.1%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
Drove alone	79.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
1-unit, detached	87.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freeburg	Shamokin Dam
Poverty rate	3.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1957	1968