Hummels Wharf vs Shamokin Dam

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

Hummels Wharf 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 988 in Hummels Wharf). Shamokin Dam has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $67,361 in Hummels Wharf). Shamokin Dam has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $186,300 in Hummels Wharf).

Population, income & housing

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
Population	988	1,758
Median age	56.1 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,361	$77,721
Median home value	$186,300	$195,400
Median gross rent	$720	$976
Housing units	638	768
Homeownership rate	67.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
Population	1,266 → 988 (-22.0%)	1,919 → 1,758 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$71,806 → $67,361 (-6.2%)	$47,946 → $77,721 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $186,300 (+20.7%)	$164,900 → $195,400 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $720 (-14.2%)	$647 → $976 (+50.9%)

Hummels Wharf

Population

1,266988

Median household income

$71,806$67,361

Median home value

$154,300$186,300

Median gross rent

$839$720

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)

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	22.2%	14.3%
75 and over	20.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.7%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
Drove alone	78.3%	83.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
1-unit, detached	77.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hummels Wharf	Shamokin Dam
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.9%
Average household size	2.02	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1966	1968