Fortville vs Shirley

A side-by-side comparison of Fortville and Shirley: population, income, housing, and more.

Fortville and Shirley are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fortville has the higher population (5,092 vs 1,026 in Shirley). Fortville has the higher median household income ($82,763 vs $66,429 in Shirley). Fortville has the higher median home value ($240,300 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Fortville	Shirley
Population	5,092	1,026
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,763	$66,429
Median home value	$240,300	$103,700
Median gross rent	$1,094	$513
Housing units	1,990	400
Homeownership rate	73.7%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortville	Shirley
Population	4,574 → 5,092 (+11.3%)	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$63,785 → $82,763 (+29.8%)	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $240,300 (+77.9%)	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,094 (+19.8%)	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)

Fortville

Population

4,5745,092

Median household income

$63,785$82,763

Median home value

$135,100$240,300

Median gross rent

$913$1,094

Shirley

Population

9521,026

Median household income

$55,040$66,429

Median home value

$78,200$103,700

Median gross rent

$745$513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortville	Shirley
Under 5	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.4%
75 and over	3.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortville	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortville	Shirley
No high school diploma	14.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortville	Shirley
Drove alone	61.8%	90.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	4.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortville	Shirley
1-unit, detached	81.4%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fortville	Shirley
Poverty rate	2.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1986	1956