Morristown vs Shelbyville

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

Morristown 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 996 in Morristown). Shelbyville has the higher median household income ($58,532 vs $47,850 in Morristown). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $137,500 in Morristown).

Population, income & housing

	Morristown	Shelbyville
Population	996	19,866
Median age	42.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,850	$58,532
Median home value	$137,500	$151,100
Median gross rent	$910	$970
Housing units	429	9,128
Homeownership rate	67.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morristown	Shelbyville
Population	1,269 → 996 (-21.5%)	18,951 → 19,866 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$52,946 → $47,850 (-9.6%)	$52,901 → $58,532 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $137,500 (+33.9%)	$102,100 → $151,100 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $910 (+14.5%)	$795 → $970 (+22.0%)

Morristown

Population

1,269996

Median household income

$52,946$47,850

Median home value

$102,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$795$910

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)

	Morristown	Shelbyville
Under 5	2.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	19.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.3%
75 and over	19.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morristown	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morristown	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	15.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.5%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morristown	Shelbyville
Drove alone	79.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morristown	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	67.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Morristown	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	14.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1964	1970