Earling vs Shelby

A side-by-side comparison of Earling and Shelby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shelby has the higher population (797 vs 466 in Earling). Shelby has the higher median household income ($60,333 vs $44,375 in Earling). Shelby has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $117,600 in Earling).

Population, income & housing

	Earling	Shelby
Population	466	797
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$60,333
Median home value	$117,600	$156,300
Median gross rent	$731	$872
Housing units	221	422
Homeownership rate	71.2%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earling	Shelby
Population	370 → 466 (+25.9%)	651 → 797 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $44,375 (-0.5%)	$47,045 → $60,333 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $117,600 (+36.6%)	$102,900 → $156,300 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $731 (+39.2%)	$756 → $872 (+15.3%)

Earling

Population

370466

Median household income

$44,583$44,375

Median home value

$86,100$117,600

Median gross rent

$525$731

Shelby

Population

651797

Median household income

$47,045$60,333

Median home value

$102,900$156,300

Median gross rent

$756$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earling	Shelby
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	13.5%	18.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.8%
75 and over	16.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earling	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	1.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earling	Shelby
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.5%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earling	Shelby
Drove alone	86.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earling	Shelby
1-unit, detached	92.3%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Earling	Shelby
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1954	1938