Shelby vs Whiting

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

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

Whiting has the higher population (4,554 vs 259 in Shelby). Whiting has the higher median household income ($65,433 vs $54,500 in Shelby). Whiting has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $128,100 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Shelby	Whiting
Population	259	4,554
Median age	65.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,500	$65,433
Median home value	$128,100	$204,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,033
Housing units	144	1,896
Homeownership rate	88.2%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelby	Whiting
Population	397 → 259 (-34.8%)	4,814 → 4,554 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$53,606 → $54,500 (+1.7%)	$46,653 → $65,433 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $128,100 (+26.2%)	$129,300 → $204,800 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $1,033 (+20.8%)

Shelby

Population

397259

Median household income

$53,606$54,500

Median home value

$101,500$128,100

Whiting

Population

4,8144,554

Median household income

$46,653$65,433

Median home value

$129,300$204,800

Median gross rent

$855$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelby	Whiting
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	4.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	26.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	59.1%	6.3%
75 and over	5.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelby	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	36.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelby	Whiting
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	68.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelby	Whiting
Drove alone	100.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelby	Whiting
1-unit, detached	88.2%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	28.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Shelby	Whiting
Poverty rate	14.7%	21.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1951	1938