Lake Dalecarlia vs Shelby

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Dalecarlia and Shelby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Dalecarlia has the higher population (1,421 vs 259 in Shelby). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median household income ($115,588 vs $54,500 in Shelby). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $128,100 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
Population	1,421	259
Median age	45.5 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$115,588	$54,500
Median home value	$313,200	$128,100
Housing units	584	144
Homeownership rate	95.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
Population	1,811 → 1,421 (-21.5%)	397 → 259 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$98,917 → $115,588 (+16.9%)	$53,606 → $54,500 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $313,200 (+60.7%)	$101,500 → $128,100 (+26.2%)

Lake Dalecarlia

Population

1,8111,421

Median household income

$98,917$115,588

Median home value

$194,900$313,200

Shelby

Population

397259

Median household income

$53,606$54,500

Median home value

$101,500$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	4.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	26.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	59.1%
75 and over	11.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
No high school diploma	6.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	42.5%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
Drove alone	86.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dalecarlia	Shelby
Poverty rate	4.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	45	—
Median year structure built	1964	1951