Norway vs Shellsburg

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

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

Shellsburg has the higher population (752 vs 490 in Norway). Norway has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $69,750 in Shellsburg). Shellsburg has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $155,400 in Norway).

Population, income & housing

	Norway	Shellsburg
Population	490	752
Median age	47.2 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$69,750
Median home value	$155,400	$184,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	$928
Housing units	226	381
Homeownership rate	96.1%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norway	Shellsburg
Population	518 → 490 (-5.4%)	959 → 752 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $91,250 (+64.0%)	$52,159 → $69,750 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $155,400 (+36.0%)	$153,300 → $184,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $1,063 (+68.2%)	$769 → $928 (+20.7%)

Norway

Population

518490

Median household income

$55,625$91,250

Median home value

$114,300$155,400

Median gross rent

$632$1,063

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)

	Norway	Shellsburg
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	7.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.8%
75 and over	9.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norway	Shellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norway	Shellsburg
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norway	Shellsburg
Drove alone	89.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norway	Shellsburg
1-unit, detached	95.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norway	Shellsburg
Poverty rate	1.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1963	1977