Hendrum vs Shelly

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

Hendrum 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 190 in Hendrum). Hendrum has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $51,250 in Shelly). Hendrum has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $88,300 in Shelly).

Population, income & housing

	Hendrum	Shelly
Population	190	195
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,472	$51,250
Median home value	$131,300	$88,300
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	104	120
Homeownership rate	64.6%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendrum	Shelly
Population	311 → 190 (-38.9%)	133 → 195 (+46.6%)
Median household income	$43,068 → $53,472 (+24.2%)	$54,375 → $51,250 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $131,300 (+71.2%)	$67,800 → $88,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	—

Hendrum

Population

311190

Median household income

$43,068$53,472

Median home value

$76,700$131,300

Median gross rent

$675$850

Shelly

Population

133195

Median household income

$54,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$88,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hendrum	Shelly
Under 5	12.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	3.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendrum	Shelly
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	8.4%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendrum	Shelly
No high school diploma	5.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendrum	Shelly
Drove alone	81.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendrum	Shelly
1-unit, detached	69.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hendrum	Shelly
Poverty rate	18.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1954	1949