Dugger vs Shelburn

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

Dugger 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 731 in Dugger). Dugger has the higher median household income ($58,585 vs $41,176 in Shelburn). Dugger has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $72,000 in Shelburn).

Population, income & housing

	Dugger	Shelburn
Population	731	1,325
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,585	$41,176
Median home value	$79,400	$72,000
Median gross rent	$659	$750
Housing units	397	669
Homeownership rate	73.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dugger	Shelburn
Population	883 → 731 (-17.2%)	1,406 → 1,325 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$45,250 → $58,585 (+29.5%)	$45,648 → $41,176 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$65,100 → $79,400 (+22.0%)	$60,400 → $72,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $659 (-9.8%)	$718 → $750 (+4.5%)

Dugger

Population

883731

Median household income

$45,250$58,585

Median home value

$65,100$79,400

Median gross rent

$731$659

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)

	Dugger	Shelburn
Under 5	4.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.4%
45 to 54	23.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.5%
75 and over	8.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dugger	Shelburn
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dugger	Shelburn
No high school diploma	9.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	42.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dugger	Shelburn
Drove alone	86.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dugger	Shelburn
1-unit, detached	68.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Dugger	Shelburn
Poverty rate	7.5%	23.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1964	1981