Selinsgrove vs Shamokin Dam

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

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

Selinsgrove has the higher population (5,655 vs 1,758 in Shamokin Dam). Shamokin Dam has the higher median household income ($77,721 vs $58,484 in Selinsgrove). Both have a median home value of $195,400.

Population, income & housing

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
Population	5,655	1,758
Median age	24.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,484	$77,721
Median home value	$195,400	$195,400
Median gross rent	$946	$976
Housing units	1,896	768
Homeownership rate	51.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
Population	5,927 → 5,655 (-4.6%)	1,919 → 1,758 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$52,770 → $58,484 (+10.8%)	$47,946 → $77,721 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$154,600 → $195,400 (+26.4%)	$164,900 → $195,400 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $946 (+20.2%)	$647 → $976 (+50.9%)

Selinsgrove

Population

5,9275,655

Median household income

$52,770$58,484

Median home value

$154,600$195,400

Median gross rent

$787$946

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)

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
Under 5	2.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	5.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	43.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	19.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.3%
75 and over	8.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
No high school diploma	11.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
Drove alone	53.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	27.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
1-unit, detached	51.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Selinsgrove	Shamokin Dam
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1950	1968