Oakville vs Shelton

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

Oakville 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 9,233 in Oakville). Shelton has the higher median household income ($114,739 vs $89,330 in Oakville). Shelton has the higher median home value ($435,700 vs $253,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Oakville	Shelton
Population	9,233	41,402
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,330	$114,739
Median home value	$253,500	$435,700
Median gross rent	$1,378	$1,661
Housing units	4,058	16,578
Homeownership rate	73.2%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakville	Shelton
Population	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)	41,141 → 41,402 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)	$97,131 → $114,739 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)	$349,300 → $435,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)	$1,466 → $1,661 (+13.3%)

Oakville

Population

8,7999,233

Median household income

$71,630$89,330

Median home value

$199,200$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,378

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)

	Oakville	Shelton
Under 5	3.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	10.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakville	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	69.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakville	Shelton
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakville	Shelton
Drove alone	82.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.3%
Walked	4.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakville	Shelton
1-unit, detached	72.9%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Oakville	Shelton
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1963	1977