Derby vs Shelton

A side-by-side comparison of Derby and Shelton: population, income, housing, and more.

Derby and Shelton are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelton has the higher population (41,402 vs 12,359 in Derby). Shelton has the higher median household income ($114,739 vs $76,263 in Derby). Shelton has the higher median home value ($435,700 vs $242,300 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Shelton
Population	12,359	41,402
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$114,739
Median home value	$242,300	$435,700
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,661
Housing units	6,127	16,578
Homeownership rate	62.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Shelton
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	41,141 → 41,402 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$97,131 → $114,739 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$349,300 → $435,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$1,466 → $1,661 (+13.3%)

Derby

Population

12,48512,359

Median household income

$56,357$76,263

Median home value

$206,300$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,453

Shelton

Population

41,14141,402

Median household income

$97,131$114,739

Median home value

$349,300$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Shelton
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.6%
75 and over	5.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	69.4%
Black or African American	11.3%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Shelton
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Shelton
Drove alone	70.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Shelton
1-unit, detached	40.4%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Shelton
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1965	1977