Farmersburg vs Shelburn

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

Farmersburg 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 1,083 in Farmersburg). Farmersburg has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $41,176 in Shelburn). Farmersburg has the higher median home value ($73,200 vs $72,000 in Shelburn).

Population, income & housing

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
Population	1,083	1,325
Median age	43.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$41,176
Median home value	$73,200	$72,000
Median gross rent	$682	$750
Housing units	497	669
Homeownership rate	75.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
Population	1,180 → 1,083 (-8.2%)	1,406 → 1,325 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$41,042 → $51,667 (+25.9%)	$45,648 → $41,176 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$79,400 → $73,200 (-7.8%)	$60,400 → $72,000 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $682 (+11.3%)	$718 → $750 (+4.5%)

Farmersburg

Population

1,1801,083

Median household income

$41,042$51,667

Median home value

$79,400$73,200

Median gross rent

$613$682

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)

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
Under 5	4.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.5%
75 and over	11.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
No high school diploma	17.5%	25.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
Drove alone	84.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
1-unit, detached	80.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Farmersburg	Shelburn
Poverty rate	10.5%	23.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1967	1981