McCordsville vs Shirley

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

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

McCordsville has the higher population (9,700 vs 1,026 in Shirley). McCordsville has the higher median household income ($113,495 vs $66,429 in Shirley). McCordsville has the higher median home value ($327,900 vs $103,700 in Shirley).

Population, income & housing

	McCordsville	Shirley
Population	9,700	1,026
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,495	$66,429
Median home value	$327,900	$103,700
Median gross rent	$1,085	$513
Housing units	3,787	400
Homeownership rate	89.6%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCordsville	Shirley
Population	6,857 → 9,700 (+41.5%)	952 → 1,026 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$99,497 → $113,495 (+14.1%)	$55,040 → $66,429 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$230,000 → $327,900 (+42.6%)	$78,200 → $103,700 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,085 (-11.6%)	$745 → $513 (-31.1%)

McCordsville

Population

6,8579,700

Median household income

$99,497$113,495

Median home value

$230,000$327,900

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,085

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)

	McCordsville	Shirley
Under 5	8.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.4%
75 and over	2.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCordsville	Shirley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	14.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCordsville	Shirley
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	16.3%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCordsville	Shirley
Drove alone	63.8%	90.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCordsville	Shirley
1-unit, detached	91.9%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	McCordsville	Shirley
Poverty rate	1.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	2009	1956