Basalt vs Shelley

A side-by-side comparison of Basalt and Shelley: population, income, housing, and more.

Basalt and Shelley are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelley has the higher population (4,987 vs 511 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($75,375 vs $63,864 in Shelley). Basalt has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $267,200 in Shelley).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Shelley
Population	511	4,987
Median age	36.5 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,375	$63,864
Median home value	$300,000	$267,200
Median gross rent	$1,025	$1,212
Housing units	180	1,787
Homeownership rate	89.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Shelley
Population	396 → 511 (+29.0%)	4,372 → 4,987 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $75,375 (+44.7%)	$52,500 → $63,864 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $300,000 (+119.8%)	$155,300 → $267,200 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,025 (+27.2%)	$759 → $1,212 (+59.7%)

Basalt

Population

396511

Median household income

$52,083$75,375

Median home value

$136,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$806$1,025

Shelley

Population

4,3724,987

Median household income

$52,500$63,864

Median home value

$155,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$759$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Shelley
Under 5	6.3%	11.1%
5 to 17	26.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	7.9%
75 and over	5.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Shelley
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Shelley
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Shelley
Drove alone	74.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Shelley
1-unit, detached	86.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Shelley
Poverty rate	1.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.92	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1971	1976