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Shamokin Dam, PA

1,758 Population
1.8 square miles 953 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,687 ±$3,296 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $32,361 ±$1,274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$77,721 ±$17,238 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $68,435 ±$2,745
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5% ±1.6% (87  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 8.6% † 3,143 (±1% / ±381)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.2 minutes ±7.4 (19,900  ±8,852) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 24 415,070 (±1.5 / ±27,246)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

737 ±106 Number of households
  • the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 14,549 ±231
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.3 (1,750  ±351) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 2.5 36,745 (±0 / ±105)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±4.7% (13  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 4.5% † 399 (±1.2% / ±102)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

768 ±104 Number of housing units
  • the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 16,033 ±54
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$195,400 ±$14,579 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $205,500 ±$6,037
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.8% ±4% (137  ±75.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 9.3% † 3,671 (±1.2% / ±450.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.6% ±24.9% (1,282  ±221.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 84.3% 22,489 (±2.7% / ±724.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22.4% ±2.5% (307  ±70.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 21.4% 5,714 (±1.6% / ±420.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±2.6% (38  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 1.4% 568
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.5% ±2.2% (109  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,742 (±0.6% / ±196)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
109 Total veterans ±38 109 Male ±38 N/A Female ±11

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