Shickshinny is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 633 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shickshinny is the 936th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Shickshinny was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The borough is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shickshinny has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shickshinny a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small borough, Shickshinny does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Shickshinny with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Shickshinny in 2022 was $25,505, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,020 for a family of four. However, Shickshinny contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Shickshinny is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Shickshinny home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shickshinny residents report their race to be White. Shickshinny also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.91% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shickshinny include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Slavic.

The most common language spoken in Shickshinny is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.