Pea Ridge vs Shelby

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

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

Pea Ridge has the higher population (808 vs 691 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $93,600 in Pea Ridge). Since 2019, Pea Ridge's population has grown faster (-14.6% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
Population	808	691
Median age	38.1 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,273	—
Median home value	$93,600	$95,200
Housing units	398	380
Homeownership rate	88.2%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
Population	946 → 808 (-14.6%)	885 → 691 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$32,560 → $57,273 (+75.9%)	$72,891 → $28,403 (-61.0%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $93,600 (-9.5%)	$96,000 → $95,200 (-0.8%)

Pea Ridge

Population

946808

Median household income

$32,560$57,273

Median home value

$103,400$93,600

Shelby

Population

885691

Median household income

$72,891$28,403

Median home value

$96,000$95,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	18.2%	8.7%
75 and over	4.8%	24.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
Drove alone	85.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
1-unit, detached	64.1%	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	35.9%	60.5%

Poverty & households

	Pea Ridge	Shelby
Poverty rate	7.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1979	1992