Shelbyville vs Simpsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Shelbyville and Simpsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Shelbyville and Simpsonville are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelbyville has the higher population (17,436 vs 3,006 in Simpsonville). Simpsonville has the higher median household income ($91,221 vs $73,733 in Shelbyville). Simpsonville has the higher median home value ($255,400 vs $238,600 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
Population	17,436	3,006
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,733	$91,221
Median home value	$238,600	$255,400
Median gross rent	$979	$1,038
Housing units	6,768	1,208
Homeownership rate	57.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
Population	16,009 → 17,436 (+8.9%)	2,815 → 3,006 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$61,269 → $73,733 (+20.3%)	$84,531 → $91,221 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $238,600 (+33.6%)	$183,900 → $255,400 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $979 (+17.2%)	$907 → $1,038 (+14.4%)

Shelbyville

Population

16,00917,436

Median household income

$61,269$73,733

Median home value

$178,600$238,600

Median gross rent

$835$979

Simpsonville

Population

2,8153,006

Median household income

$84,531$91,221

Median home value

$183,900$255,400

Median gross rent

$907$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
Under 5	7.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
No high school diploma	18.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
Drove alone	78.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
1-unit, detached	65.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Simpsonville
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1994	2001