Rothbury vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (2,571 vs 377 in Rothbury). Shelby has the higher median household income ($53,309 vs $46,250 in Rothbury). Shelby has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $114,500 in Rothbury).

Population, income & housing

	Rothbury	Shelby
Population	377	2,571
Median age	39.4 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$53,309
Median home value	$114,500	$124,000
Median gross rent	$910	$682
Housing units	167	877
Homeownership rate	86.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rothbury	Shelby
Population	446 → 377 (-15.5%)	2,427 → 2,571 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $46,250 (-6.3%)	$43,511 → $53,309 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$96,500 → $114,500 (+18.7%)	$87,700 → $124,000 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $910 (+40.9%)	$728 → $682 (-6.3%)

Rothbury

Population

446377

Median household income

$49,375$46,250

Median home value

$96,500$114,500

Median gross rent

$646$910

Shelby

Population

2,4272,571

Median household income

$43,511$53,309

Median home value

$87,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$728$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rothbury	Shelby
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	24.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	20.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.4%
75 and over	5.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rothbury	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	39.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	58.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rothbury	Shelby
No high school diploma	9.1%	17.2%
High school graduate	44.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rothbury	Shelby
Drove alone	78.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	17.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rothbury	Shelby
1-unit, detached	71.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	28.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Rothbury	Shelby
Poverty rate	14.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.42	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1971	1961