Shelbyville vs Waldron

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

Shelbyville and Waldron 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 729 in Waldron). Waldron has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $58,532 in Shelbyville). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $114,700 in Waldron).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Waldron
Population	19,866	729
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,532	$88,333
Median home value	$151,100	$114,700
Median gross rent	$970	—
Housing units	9,128	220
Homeownership rate	57.4%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Waldron
Population	18,951 → 19,866 (+4.8%)	647 → 729 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$52,901 → $58,532 (+10.6%)	$46,250 → $88,333 (+91.0%)
Median home value	$102,100 → $151,100 (+48.0%)	$98,900 → $114,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $970 (+22.0%)	$528 → $818 (+54.9%)

Shelbyville

Population

18,95119,866

Median household income

$52,901$58,532

Median home value

$102,100$151,100

Median gross rent

$795$970

Waldron

Population

647729

Median household income

$46,250$88,333

Median home value

$98,900$114,700

Median gross rent

$528$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Waldron
Under 5	8.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	23.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	4.1%
75 and over	6.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	99.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Waldron
No high school diploma	10.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Waldron
Drove alone	78.1%	64.3%
Carpooled	10.5%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Waldron
Poverty rate	17.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.34	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1970	1962