Boggstown vs Shelbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Boggstown and Shelbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelbyville has the higher population (19,866 vs 563 in Boggstown). Since 2019, Shelbyville's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
Population	563	19,866
Median age	9.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,532
Median home value	—	$151,100
Median gross rent	—	$970
Housing units	116	9,128
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
Population	560 → 563 (+0.5%)	18,951 → 19,866 (+4.8%)
Median household income	—	$52,901 → $58,532 (+10.6%)
Median home value	—	$102,100 → $151,100 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$795 → $970 (+22.0%)

Boggstown

Population

560563

Shelbyville

Population

18,95119,866

Median household income

$52,901$58,532

Median home value

$102,100$151,100

Median gross rent

$795$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	61.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	30.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	100.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
Drove alone	39.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	60.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Boggstown	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.3%
Average household size	4.85	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	—	1970