Carlisle vs Shelburn

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Shelburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelburn has the higher population (1,325 vs 610 in Carlisle). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $41,176 in Shelburn). Shelburn has the higher median home value ($72,000 vs $59,500 in Carlisle).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Shelburn
Population	610	1,325
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$41,176
Median home value	$59,500	$72,000
Median gross rent	$803	$750
Housing units	335	669
Homeownership rate	74.8%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Shelburn
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	1,406 → 1,325 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$45,648 → $41,176 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	$60,400 → $72,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	$718 → $750 (+4.5%)

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Shelburn

Population

1,4061,325

Median household income

$45,648$41,176

Median home value

$60,400$72,000

Median gross rent

$718$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Shelburn
Under 5	11.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.5%
75 and over	5.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Shelburn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Shelburn
No high school diploma	3.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	56.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Shelburn
Drove alone	84.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Shelburn
1-unit, detached	93.4%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Shelburn
Poverty rate	17.3%	23.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1957	1981