Carrollton vs Shelbyville

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

Carrollton 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 411 in Carrollton). Carrollton has the higher median household income ($121,574 vs $58,532 in Shelbyville). Carrollton has the higher median home value ($309,800 vs $151,100 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
Population	411	19,866
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,574	$58,532
Median home value	$309,800	$151,100
Median gross rent	—	$970
Housing units	116	9,128
Homeownership rate	100.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
Population	420 → 411 (-2.1%)	18,951 → 19,866 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$133,491 → $121,574 (-8.9%)	$52,901 → $58,532 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$247,000 → $309,800 (+25.4%)	$102,100 → $151,100 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$795 → $970 (+22.0%)

Carrollton

Population

420411

Median household income

$133,491$121,574

Median home value

$247,000$309,800

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)

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
Under 5	7.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	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+

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	51.1%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
Drove alone	70.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	24.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	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

	Carrollton	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.3%
Average household size	3.54	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1996	1970