Halstad vs Shelly

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

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

Halstad has the higher population (589 vs 195 in Shelly). Halstad has the higher median household income ($67,857 vs $51,250 in Shelly). Halstad has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $88,300 in Shelly).

Population, income & housing

	Halstad	Shelly
Population	589	195
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,857	$51,250
Median home value	$114,800	$88,300
Median gross rent	$690	—
Housing units	264	120
Homeownership rate	81.9%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halstad	Shelly
Population	581 → 589 (+1.4%)	133 → 195 (+46.6%)
Median household income	$48,056 → $67,857 (+41.2%)	$54,375 → $51,250 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $114,800 (+32.1%)	$67,800 → $88,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $690 (+0.1%)	—

Halstad

Population

581589

Median household income

$48,056$67,857

Median home value

$86,900$114,800

Median gross rent

$689$690

Shelly

Population

133195

Median household income

$54,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$88,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halstad	Shelly
Under 5	10.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	19.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	5.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.3%
75 and over	12.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halstad	Shelly
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	71.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	1.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halstad	Shelly
No high school diploma	8.7%	17.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halstad	Shelly
Drove alone	67.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halstad	Shelly
1-unit, detached	80.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Halstad	Shelly
Poverty rate	2.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1967	1949