Shenandoah Junction vs Shepherdstown

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

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

Shepherdstown has the higher population (1,399 vs 1,339 in Shenandoah Junction). Shenandoah Junction has the higher median household income ($109,048 vs $62,500 in Shepherdstown). Shepherdstown has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $193,900 in Shenandoah Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
Population	1,339	1,399
Median age	22.0 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,048	$62,500
Median home value	$193,900	$474,500
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,152
Housing units	344	350
Homeownership rate	76.9%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
Population	590 → 1,339 (+126.9%)	1,553 → 1,399 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$75,824 → $109,048 (+43.8%)	$45,833 → $62,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $193,900 (+15.3%)	$303,600 → $474,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,581 → $1,184 (-25.1%)	$916 → $1,152 (+25.8%)

Shenandoah Junction

Population

5901,339

Median household income

$75,824$109,048

Median home value

$168,100$193,900

Median gross rent

$1,581$1,184

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)

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
Under 5	2.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	37.3%	4.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	62.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	2.8%	3.9%
55 to 64	17.0%	3.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.0%
75 and over	3.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
Drove alone	89.5%	45.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	1.3%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
1-unit, detached	77.9%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Shenandoah Junction	Shepherdstown
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.7%
Average household size	4.13	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1983	1938