Newhall vs Shellsburg

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

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

Newhall has the higher population (1,012 vs 752 in Shellsburg). Shellsburg has the higher median household income ($69,750 vs $68,295 in Newhall). Shellsburg has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $171,500 in Newhall).

Population, income & housing

	Newhall	Shellsburg
Population	1,012	752
Median age	32.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,295	$69,750
Median home value	$171,500	$184,100
Median gross rent	$628	$928
Housing units	449	381
Homeownership rate	82.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newhall	Shellsburg
Population	1,029 → 1,012 (-1.7%)	959 → 752 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$61,641 → $68,295 (+10.8%)	$52,159 → $69,750 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$137,700 → $171,500 (+24.5%)	$153,300 → $184,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $628 (+21.5%)	$769 → $928 (+20.7%)

Newhall

Population

1,0291,012

Median household income

$61,641$68,295

Median home value

$137,700$171,500

Median gross rent

$517$628

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)

	Newhall	Shellsburg
Under 5	10.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.8%
75 and over	8.9%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newhall	Shellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newhall	Shellsburg
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newhall	Shellsburg
Drove alone	78.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newhall	Shellsburg
1-unit, detached	87.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newhall	Shellsburg
Poverty rate	11.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1965	1977