ShippingportPA
A town of 155, settled in 1870.
Is Shippingport a good place to live?
3.4% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Shippingport, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 29%. Shippingport has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Shippingport stand out
Where Shippingport beats most towns.
155 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Shippingport: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Shippingport, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Shippingport.
A job hub: Shippingport has 3.6 jobs for every working resident and draws in 269 commuters
Most working residents leave Shippingport for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Shippingport has lost 476 jobs, to 271 in 2023. At $63,000, Shippingport’s median household income is below both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Shippingport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $63,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Shippingport faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Shippingport, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Shippingport has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Shippingport
No violent or property crimes were reported in Shippingport in 2025. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Shippingport is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, more of Shippingport’s adults binge drink
23% of adults binge drink in Shippingport. Shippingport beats the Pennsylvania average on 8 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Shippingport.
| Shippingport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Shippingport | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.7% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 9.1% | 11.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.9% | 18.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge | — | 15 |
| 2. Shippingsport Community Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent in Shippingport is lower than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
The median rent in Shippingport is $640 a month.
| Shippingport | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $640 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 90% | 78% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Acrisure Stadium and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shippingport. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
25 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
25 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
33 mi Theme parkKennywood
26 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
25 mi LandmarkFort PittPhoto credits
Acrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Shippingport
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Shippingport
About 5 of every 100 Shippingport residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Every workday, about 269 people come to Shippingport for work
Where Shippingport’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shippingport
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Shippingport is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 160 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Shippingport is home to the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station, and formerly the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant and Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1910
- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 741 ft
- ZIP code
- 15077
Questions about Shippingport
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shippingport, PA a good place to live?
Shippingport has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.