Acosta vs Shanksville

A side-by-side comparison of Acosta and Shanksville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Acosta has the higher population (225 vs 164 in Shanksville). Acosta has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $97,000 in Shanksville).

Population, income & housing

	Acosta	Shanksville
Population	225	164
Median age	53.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,250
Median home value	$107,700	$97,000
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	92	75
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acosta	Shanksville
Population	—	224 → 164 (-26.8%)
Median household income	—	$51,563 → $56,250 (+9.1%)
Median home value	—	$83,000 → $97,000 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$740 → $725 (-2.0%)

Acosta

Shanksville

Population

224164

Median household income

$51,563$56,250

Median home value

$83,000$97,000

Median gross rent

$740$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acosta	Shanksville
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	41.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	34.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.5%
75 and over	12.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acosta	Shanksville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acosta	Shanksville
No high school diploma	38.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acosta	Shanksville
Drove alone	81.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	18.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acosta	Shanksville
1-unit, detached	69.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Acosta	Shanksville
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1999	1938