Cleveland vs Shelby

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

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

Cleveland has the higher population (10,855 vs 1,709 in Shelby). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($43,519 vs $27,728 in Shelby). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $82,400 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Shelby
Population	10,855	1,709
Median age	34.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,519	$27,728
Median home value	$162,300	$82,400
Median gross rent	$860	$613
Housing units	4,848	811
Homeownership rate	65.9%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Shelby
Population	11,627 → 10,855 (-6.6%)	1,688 → 1,709 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$35,278 → $43,519 (+23.4%)	$27,112 → $27,728 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $162,300 (+26.5%)	$64,100 → $82,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $860 (+6.7%)	$481 → $613 (+27.4%)

Cleveland

Population

11,62710,855

Median household income

$35,278$43,519

Median home value

$128,300$162,300

Median gross rent

$806$860

Shelby

Population

1,6881,709

Median household income

$27,112$27,728

Median home value

$64,100$82,400

Median gross rent

$481$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Shelby
Under 5	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.4%
18 to 24	12.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	1.5%
Black or African American	52.5%	98.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Shelby
No high school diploma	14.0%	25.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Shelby
Drove alone	86.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Shelby
1-unit, detached	78.5%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	11.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Shelby
Poverty rate	28.7%	58.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	18	36
Median year structure built	1975	1973