Findlay vs Shelbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Findlay and Shelbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Findlay and Shelbyville are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelbyville has the higher population (4,248 vs 671 in Findlay). Findlay has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $54,400 in Shelbyville). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $90,800 in Findlay).

Population, income & housing

	Findlay	Shelbyville
Population	671	4,248
Median age	48.1 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$54,400
Median home value	$90,800	$111,200
Median gross rent	$842	$724
Housing units	308	2,457
Homeownership rate	79.3%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Findlay	Shelbyville
Population	702 → 671 (-4.4%)	4,312 → 4,248 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$45,703 → $55,625 (+21.7%)	$40,764 → $54,400 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $90,800 (+26.5%)	$80,100 → $111,200 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $842 (+18.9%)	$571 → $724 (+26.8%)

Findlay

Population

702671

Median household income

$45,703$55,625

Median home value

$71,800$90,800

Median gross rent

$708$842

Shelbyville

Population

4,3124,248

Median household income

$40,764$54,400

Median home value

$80,100$111,200

Median gross rent

$571$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Findlay	Shelbyville
Under 5	9.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.2%
75 and over	10.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Findlay	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Findlay	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	49.5%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Findlay	Shelbyville
Drove alone	81.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	3.4%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Findlay	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	84.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Findlay	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	18.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.40	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1957	1952