Shellsburg vs Walford

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

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

Walford has the higher population (1,318 vs 752 in Shellsburg). Walford has the higher median household income ($116,477 vs $69,750 in Shellsburg). Walford has the higher median home value ($274,500 vs $184,100 in Shellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Shellsburg	Walford
Population	752	1,318
Median age	43.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$116,477
Median home value	$184,100	$274,500
Median gross rent	$928	—
Housing units	381	477
Homeownership rate	86.4%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shellsburg	Walford
Population	959 → 752 (-21.6%)	1,385 → 1,318 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$52,159 → $69,750 (+33.7%)	$107,045 → $116,477 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $184,100 (+20.1%)	$215,000 → $274,500 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $928 (+20.7%)	$639 → $842 (+31.8%)

Shellsburg

Population

959752

Median household income

$52,159$69,750

Median home value

$153,300$184,100

Median gross rent

$769$928

Walford

Population

1,3851,318

Median household income

$107,045$116,477

Median home value

$215,000$274,500

Median gross rent

$639$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shellsburg	Walford
Under 5	6.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.4%
75 and over	12.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shellsburg	Walford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shellsburg	Walford
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	43.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shellsburg	Walford
Drove alone	81.1%	88.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shellsburg	Walford
1-unit, detached	75.9%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	15.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Shellsburg	Walford
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1977	1994