Fairbanks vs Shelburn

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

Fairbanks 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 324 in Fairbanks). Fairbanks has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $41,176 in Shelburn). Since 2019, Fairbanks's population has grown faster (-1.5% vs -5.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
Population	324	1,325
Median age	26.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,273	$41,176
Median home value	—	$72,000
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	84	669
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
Population	329 → 324 (-1.5%)	1,406 → 1,325 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$96,563 → $87,273 (-9.6%)	$45,648 → $41,176 (-9.8%)
Median home value	—	$60,400 → $72,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $750 (+4.5%)

Fairbanks

Population

329324

Median household income

$96,563$87,273

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)

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
Under 5	9.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	32.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	42.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.5%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	20.7%	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	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	58.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
Drove alone	38.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	45.3%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	16.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
1-unit, detached	73.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks	Shelburn
Poverty rate	20.7%	23.2%
Average household size	3.86	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1993	1981