Aplington vs Shell Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Aplington and Shell Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shell Rock has the higher population (1,634 vs 1,012 in Aplington). Shell Rock has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $70,093 in Aplington). Shell Rock has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $131,800 in Aplington).

Population, income & housing

	Aplington	Shell Rock
Population	1,012	1,634
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,093	$70,556
Median home value	$131,800	$159,100
Median gross rent	$650	$750
Housing units	444	666
Homeownership rate	84.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aplington	Shell Rock
Population	968 → 1,012 (+4.5%)	1,445 → 1,634 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$56,186 → $70,093 (+24.8%)	$57,750 → $70,556 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $131,800 (+43.1%)	$118,900 → $159,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $650 (+8.5%)	$548 → $750 (+36.9%)

Aplington

Population

9681,012

Median household income

$56,186$70,093

Median home value

$92,100$131,800

Median gross rent

$599$650

Shell Rock

Population

1,4451,634

Median household income

$57,750$70,556

Median home value

$118,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$548$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aplington	Shell Rock
Under 5	11.4%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.0%
75 and over	12.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aplington	Shell Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aplington	Shell Rock
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aplington	Shell Rock
Drove alone	84.9%	90.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aplington	Shell Rock
1-unit, detached	86.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aplington	Shell Rock
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1960	1955