Borup vs Shelly

A side-by-side comparison of Borup and Shelly: population, income, housing, and more.

Borup and Shelly are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelly has the higher population (195 vs 137 in Borup). Shelly has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $42,386 in Borup). Shelly has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $61,100 in Borup).

Population, income & housing

	Borup	Shelly
Population	137	195
Median age	57.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$51,250
Median home value	$61,100	$88,300
Housing units	62	120
Homeownership rate	96.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borup	Shelly
Population	102 → 137 (+34.3%)	133 → 195 (+46.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $42,386 (-21.1%)	$54,375 → $51,250 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $61,100 (+35.8%)	$67,800 → $88,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,025 (+2.5%)	—

Borup

Population

102137

Median household income

$53,750$42,386

Median home value

$45,000$61,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,025

Shelly

Population

133195

Median household income

$54,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$88,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borup	Shelly
Under 5	1.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	13.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	2.2%	19.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	27.7%	7.2%
65 to 74	22.6%	10.3%
75 and over	10.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borup	Shelly
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.9%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borup	Shelly
No high school diploma	8.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	38.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borup	Shelly
Drove alone	93.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borup	Shelly
1-unit, detached	67.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Borup	Shelly
Poverty rate	21.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	13	32
Median year structure built	1965	1949