Brantleyville vs Shelby

A side-by-side comparison of Brantleyville and Shelby: population, income, housing, and more.

Brantleyville and Shelby are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brantleyville has the higher population (720 vs 691 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $42,900 in Brantleyville). Since 2019, Brantleyville's population has grown faster (-16.3% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Brantleyville	Shelby
Population	720	691
Median age	39.4 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,000	—
Median home value	$42,900	$95,200
Median gross rent	$1,057	—
Housing units	318	380
Homeownership rate	78.0%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantleyville	Shelby
Population	860 → 720 (-16.3%)	885 → 691 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$42,868 → $41,000 (-4.4%)	$72,891 → $28,403 (-61.0%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $42,900 (+43.0%)	$96,000 → $95,200 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $1,057 (+122.5%)	—

Brantleyville

Population

860720

Median household income

$42,868$41,000

Median home value

$30,000$42,900

Median gross rent

$475$1,057

Shelby

Population

885691

Median household income

$72,891$28,403

Median home value

$96,000$95,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brantleyville	Shelby
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.7%
75 and over	6.4%	24.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantleyville	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantleyville	Shelby
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	49.1%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantleyville	Shelby
Drove alone	73.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantleyville	Shelby
1-unit, detached	17.9%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	82.1%	60.5%

Poverty & households

	Brantleyville	Shelby
Poverty rate	18.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2004	1992