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Shamokin Dam, PA

1,708 Population
1.8 square miles 925.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,942 ±$3,506 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $32,232 ±$1,061
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,063 ±$13,666 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $66,876 ±$2,148
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.6% ±2.2% (96  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 9.4% † 3,439 (±1.2% / ±430)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±7.5 (20,010  ±9,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 23 394,575 (±1.4 / ±25,678)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

722 ±107 Number of households
  • the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 14,600 ±241
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,701  ±349) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 2.5 36,495 (±0 / ±117)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±3.2% (12  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 4.5% † 395 (±1% / ±90)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

755 ±106 Number of housing units
  • the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 16,053 ±78
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,200 ±$28,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: $215,300 ±$6,119
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±4.7% (144  ±85.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 8.4% † 3,290 (±1.1% / ±428.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±25.4% (1,203  ±214.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 84% 22,452 (±2.8% / ±753.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±2.4% (282  ±67) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 20.6% 5,517 (±1.6% / ±439.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.6% ±1.9% (27  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 1.7% 665
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.2% (84  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Selinsgrove, PA Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,640 (±0.6% / ±184)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±35 84 Male ±35 N/A Female ±12

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