Indianola vs Shelter Cove

A side-by-side comparison of Indianola and Shelter Cove: population, income, housing, and more.

Indianola and Shelter Cove are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelter Cove has the higher population (764 vs 568 in Indianola). Indianola has the higher median home value ($512,500 vs $457,700 in Shelter Cove). Since 2019, Shelter Cove's population has grown faster (+31.7% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
Population	568	764
Median age	48.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,066
Median home value	$512,500	$457,700
Housing units	262	748
Homeownership rate	78.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
Population	739 → 568 (-23.1%)	580 → 764 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $50,104 (+20.2%)	$38,553 → $46,066 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$315,200 → $512,500 (+62.6%)	$375,200 → $457,700 (+22.0%)

Indianola

Population

739568

Median household income

$41,667$50,104

Median home value

$315,200$512,500

Shelter Cove

Population

580764

Median household income

$38,553$46,066

Median home value

$375,200$457,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
Under 5	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.4%	7.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	4.2%
45 to 54	19.5%	22.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	25.1%
75 and over	9.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	79.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	14.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
No high school diploma	7.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	14.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
Drove alone	84.0%	75.1%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	13.4%
Bicycle	3.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
1-unit, detached	68.7%	88.6%
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	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Shelter Cove
Poverty rate	11.4%	15.2%
Average household size	2.31	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1966	1993