Shellsburg vs Van Horne

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

Shellsburg and Van Horne 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 653 in Van Horne). Van Horne has the higher median household income ($77,708 vs $69,750 in Shellsburg). Shellsburg has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $169,000 in Van Horne).

Population, income & housing

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
Population	752	653
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$77,708
Median home value	$184,100	$169,000
Median gross rent	$928	$917
Housing units	381	270
Homeownership rate	86.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
Population	959 → 752 (-21.6%)	926 → 653 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $69,750 (+33.7%)	$69,559 → $77,708 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $184,100 (+20.1%)	$129,200 → $169,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $928 (+20.7%)	$630 → $917 (+45.6%)

Shellsburg

Population

959752

Median household income

$52,159$69,750

Median home value

$153,300$184,100

Median gross rent

$769$928

Van Horne

Population

926653

Median household income

$69,559$77,708

Median home value

$129,200$169,000

Median gross rent

$630$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
Under 5	6.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.9%
75 and over	12.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	96.6%
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	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
Drove alone	81.1%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
1-unit, detached	75.9%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	15.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Shellsburg	Van Horne
Poverty rate	2.9%	15.8%
Average household size	2.68	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1977	1957