Shelbyville vs Stewardson

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

Shelbyville and Stewardson 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 830 in Stewardson). Stewardson has the higher median household income ($58,571 vs $54,400 in Shelbyville). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $106,800 in Stewardson).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
Population	4,248	830
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,400	$58,571
Median home value	$111,200	$106,800
Median gross rent	$724	$857
Housing units	2,457	349
Homeownership rate	60.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
Population	4,312 → 4,248 (-1.5%)	791 → 830 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$40,764 → $54,400 (+33.5%)	$52,212 → $58,571 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$80,100 → $111,200 (+38.8%)	$91,200 → $106,800 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $724 (+26.8%)	$582 → $857 (+47.3%)

Shelbyville

Population

4,3124,248

Median household income

$40,764$54,400

Median home value

$80,100$111,200

Median gross rent

$571$724

Stewardson

Population

791830

Median household income

$52,212$58,571

Median home value

$91,200$106,800

Median gross rent

$582$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
Under 5	3.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.0%
75 and over	14.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
Drove alone	78.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	4.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	9.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
1-unit, detached	82.9%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Stewardson
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1952	1963