Dunnavant vs Shelby

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

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

Dunnavant has the higher population (1,010 vs 691 in Shelby). Dunnavant has the higher median home value ($195,200 vs $95,200 in Shelby). Since 2019, Dunnavant's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dunnavant	Shelby
Population	1,010	691
Median age	52.6 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,813	—
Median home value	$195,200	$95,200
Median gross rent	$1,042	—
Housing units	490	380
Homeownership rate	75.7%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunnavant	Shelby
Population	957 → 1,010 (+5.5%)	885 → 691 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$45,341 → $72,813 (+60.6%)	$72,891 → $28,403 (-61.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $195,200 (+56.2%)	$96,000 → $95,200 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,042 (+39.7%)	—

Dunnavant

Population

9571,010

Median household income

$45,341$72,813

Median home value

$125,000$195,200

Median gross rent

$746$1,042

Shelby

Population

885691

Median household income

$72,891$28,403

Median home value

$96,000$95,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunnavant	Shelby
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	4.1%
45 to 54	21.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.7%
75 and over	7.7%	24.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunnavant	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunnavant	Shelby
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunnavant	Shelby
Drove alone	75.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunnavant	Shelby
1-unit, detached	63.9%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	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	30.8%	60.5%

Poverty & households

	Dunnavant	Shelby
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1985	1992