Keystone vs Shellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Keystone and Shellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Keystone and Shellsburg are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Keystone has the higher population (825 vs 752 in Shellsburg). Shellsburg has the higher median household income ($69,750 vs $68,750 in Keystone). Shellsburg has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $141,100 in Keystone).

Population, income & housing

	Keystone	Shellsburg
Population	825	752
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$69,750
Median home value	$141,100	$184,100
Median gross rent	$992	$928
Housing units	303	381
Homeownership rate	80.8%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keystone	Shellsburg
Population	590 → 825 (+39.8%)	959 → 752 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$60,446 → $68,750 (+13.7%)	$52,159 → $69,750 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $141,100 (+43.1%)	$153,300 → $184,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $992 (+21.0%)	$769 → $928 (+20.7%)

Keystone

Population

590825

Median household income

$60,446$68,750

Median home value

$98,600$141,100

Median gross rent

$820$992

Shellsburg

Population

959752

Median household income

$52,159$69,750

Median home value

$153,300$184,100

Median gross rent

$769$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keystone	Shellsburg
Under 5	3.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	4.8%
75 and over	13.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keystone	Shellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keystone	Shellsburg
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keystone	Shellsburg
Drove alone	87.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keystone	Shellsburg
1-unit, detached	94.1%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keystone	Shellsburg
Poverty rate	10.8%	2.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1942	1977