Maxwell vs Shirley

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

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

Shirley has the higher population (1,026 vs 339 in Maxwell). Shirley has the higher median household income ($66,429 vs $59,286 in Maxwell). Maxwell has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Shirley
Population	339	1,026
Median age	22.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,286	$66,429
Median home value	$204,800	$103,700
Median gross rent	—	$513
Housing units	80	400
Homeownership rate	81.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Shirley
Population	216 → 339 (+56.9%)	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)
Median household income	—	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)
Median home value	—	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)

Maxwell

Population

216339

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)

	Maxwell	Shirley
Under 5	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	46.9%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	4.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.4%
75 and over	8.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Shirley
No high school diploma	28.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.9%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Shirley
Drove alone	76.6%	90.7%
Carpooled	23.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Shirley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Shirley
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.0%
Average household size	4.24	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1999	1956