Shannondale vs Shepherdstown

A side-by-side comparison of Shannondale and Shepherdstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Shannondale and Shepherdstown are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shannondale has the higher population (3,441 vs 1,399 in Shepherdstown). Shannondale has the higher median household income ($72,283 vs $62,500 in Shepherdstown). Shepherdstown has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $255,000 in Shannondale).

Population, income & housing

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
Population	3,441	1,399
Median age	42.3 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,283	$62,500
Median home value	$255,000	$474,500
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,152
Housing units	1,783	350
Homeownership rate	86.0%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
Population	3,459 → 3,441 (-0.5%)	1,553 → 1,399 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$71,453 → $72,283 (+1.2%)	$45,833 → $62,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$183,100 → $255,000 (+39.3%)	$303,600 → $474,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,222 (-10.7%)	$916 → $1,152 (+25.8%)

Shannondale

Population

3,4593,441

Median household income

$71,453$72,283

Median home value

$183,100$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,222

Shepherdstown

Population

1,5531,399

Median household income

$45,833$62,500

Median home value

$303,600$474,500

Median gross rent

$916$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
Under 5	6.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	9.7%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	62.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	3.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	3.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.0%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
Drove alone	81.6%	45.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	21.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
1-unit, detached	99.4%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Shannondale	Shepherdstown
Poverty rate	13.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.23	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	47	18
Median year structure built	1991	1938