Russell vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Russell and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Russell has the higher population (1,300 vs 721 in Sheffield). Russell has the higher median household income ($97,647 vs $56,331 in Sheffield). Russell has the higher median home value ($192,200 vs $104,800 in Sheffield).

Population, income & housing

	Russell	Sheffield
Population	1,300	721
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,647	$56,331
Median home value	$192,200	$104,800
Median gross rent	$654	$683
Housing units	631	333
Homeownership rate	88.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell	Sheffield
Population	1,510 → 1,300 (-13.9%)	1,087 → 721 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$74,375 → $97,647 (+31.3%)	$42,798 → $56,331 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$166,400 → $192,200 (+15.5%)	$122,000 → $104,800 (-14.1%)
Median gross rent	$292 → $654 (+124.0%)	$416 → $683 (+64.2%)

Russell

Population

1,5101,300

Median household income

$74,375$97,647

Median home value

$166,400$192,200

Median gross rent

$292$654

Sheffield

Population

1,087721

Median household income

$42,798$56,331

Median home value

$122,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$416$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russell	Sheffield
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	20.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	15.1%
75 and over	8.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell	Sheffield
No high school diploma	3.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell	Sheffield
Drove alone	80.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	86.5%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Russell	Sheffield
Poverty rate	5.1%	21.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1968	1942