New Chicago vs Shelby

A side-by-side comparison of New Chicago and Shelby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Chicago has the higher population (2,348 vs 259 in Shelby). New Chicago has the higher median household income ($54,700 vs $54,500 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $118,900 in New Chicago).

Population, income & housing

	New Chicago	Shelby
Population	2,348	259
Median age	30.4 yrs	65.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,700	$54,500
Median home value	$118,900	$128,100
Median gross rent	$1,090	—
Housing units	980	144
Homeownership rate	68.2%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Chicago	Shelby
Population	1,633 → 2,348 (+43.8%)	397 → 259 (-34.8%)
Median household income	$40,046 → $54,700 (+36.6%)	$53,606 → $54,500 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$82,900 → $118,900 (+43.4%)	$101,500 → $128,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,090 (+18.5%)	—

New Chicago

Population

1,6332,348

Median household income

$40,046$54,700

Median home value

$82,900$118,900

Median gross rent

$920$1,090

Shelby

Population

397259

Median household income

$53,606$54,500

Median home value

$101,500$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Chicago	Shelby
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	26.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	59.1%
75 and over	3.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Chicago	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Chicago	Shelby
No high school diploma	17.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	68.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Chicago	Shelby
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Chicago	Shelby
1-unit, detached	75.6%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Chicago	Shelby
Poverty rate	15.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.77	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1964	1951