Fairland vs Shelbyville

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

Fairland 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 626 in Fairland). Shelbyville has the higher median household income ($58,532 vs $47,500 in Fairland). Fairland has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $151,100 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairland	Shelbyville
Population	626	19,866
Median age	49.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$58,532
Median home value	$179,900	$151,100
Median gross rent	$867	$970
Housing units	325	9,128
Homeownership rate	89.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairland	Shelbyville
Population	612 → 626 (+2.3%)	18,951 → 19,866 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $47,500 (-8.7%)	$52,901 → $58,532 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $179,900 (+46.3%)	$102,100 → $151,100 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $867 (+2.5%)	$795 → $970 (+22.0%)

Fairland

Population

612626

Median household income

$52,000$47,500

Median home value

$123,000$179,900

Median gross rent

$846$867

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)

	Fairland	Shelbyville
Under 5	4.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.3%
75 and over	19.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairland	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairland	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	8.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	55.7%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairland	Shelbyville
Drove alone	82.6%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairland	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	89.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairland	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	8.0%	17.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1938	1970