Greenfield vs Shirley

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (24,308 vs 1,026 in Shirley). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($74,949 vs $66,429 in Shirley). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Shirley
Population	24,308	1,026
Median age	38.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,949	$66,429
Median home value	$205,800	$103,700
Median gross rent	$1,128	$513
Housing units	10,402	400
Homeownership rate	61.7%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Shirley
Population	22,160 → 24,308 (+9.7%)	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$53,270 → $74,949 (+40.7%)	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $205,800 (+48.1%)	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,128 (+30.1%)	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)

Greenfield

Population

22,16024,308

Median household income

$53,270$74,949

Median home value

$139,000$205,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,128

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)

	Greenfield	Shirley
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.4%
75 and over	8.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Shirley
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Shirley
Drove alone	80.6%	90.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Shirley
1-unit, detached	68.7%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Shirley
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1993	1956