Shanksville vs Wellersburg

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

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

Shanksville has the higher population (164 vs 157 in Wellersburg). Shanksville has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $55,313 in Wellersburg). Wellersburg has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $97,000 in Shanksville).

Population, income & housing

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
Population	164	157
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$55,313
Median home value	$97,000	$106,300
Median gross rent	$725	$621
Housing units	75	87
Homeownership rate	93.8%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
Population	224 → 164 (-26.8%)	184 → 157 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $56,250 (+9.1%)	$39,750 → $55,313 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $97,000 (+16.9%)	$95,000 → $106,300 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $725 (-2.0%)	$594 → $621 (+4.5%)

Shanksville

Population

224164

Median household income

$51,563$56,250

Median home value

$83,000$97,000

Median gross rent

$740$725

Wellersburg

Population

184157

Median household income

$39,750$55,313

Median home value

$95,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$594$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
Under 5	1.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	16.6%
75 and over	11.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	59.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
Drove alone	71.3%	94.5%
Carpooled	13.8%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
1-unit, detached	94.7%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Shanksville	Wellersburg
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1938	1947