Shanksville vs Ursina

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

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

Ursina has the higher population (216 vs 164 in Shanksville). Shanksville has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $35,833 in Ursina). Shanksville has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $90,000 in Ursina).

Population, income & housing

	Shanksville	Ursina
Population	164	216
Median age	36.3 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$35,833
Median home value	$97,000	$90,000
Median gross rent	$725	$1,038
Housing units	75	124
Homeownership rate	93.8%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shanksville	Ursina
Population	224 → 164 (-26.8%)	256 → 216 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $56,250 (+9.1%)	$32,159 → $35,833 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $97,000 (+16.9%)	$83,300 → $90,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $725 (-2.0%)	$858 → $1,038 (+21.0%)

Shanksville

Population

224164

Median household income

$51,563$56,250

Median home value

$83,000$97,000

Median gross rent

$740$725

Ursina

Population

256216

Median household income

$32,159$35,833

Median home value

$83,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shanksville	Ursina
Under 5	1.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.2%
75 and over	11.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shanksville	Ursina
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shanksville	Ursina
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	59.5%	65.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shanksville	Ursina
Drove alone	71.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	13.8%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shanksville	Ursina
1-unit, detached	94.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Shanksville	Ursina
Poverty rate	9.1%	21.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1938	1954