Shaw vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (1,709 vs 1,586 in Shaw). Shelby has the higher median household income ($27,728 vs $23,913 in Shaw). Shaw has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $82,400 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Shaw	Shelby
Population	1,586	1,709
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$23,913	$27,728
Median home value	$84,200	$82,400
Median gross rent	$518	$613
Housing units	744	811
Homeownership rate	60.5%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shaw	Shelby
Population	2,004 → 1,586 (-20.9%)	1,688 → 1,709 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$20,265 → $23,913 (+18.0%)	$27,112 → $27,728 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $84,200 (+38.7%)	$64,100 → $82,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $518 (+0.0%)	$481 → $613 (+27.4%)

Shaw

Population

2,0041,586

Median household income

$20,265$23,913

Median home value

$60,700$84,200

Median gross rent

$518$518

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)

	Shaw	Shelby
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	24.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shaw	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	1.5%
Black or African American	96.2%	98.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shaw	Shelby
No high school diploma	18.8%	25.0%
High school graduate	28.4%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shaw	Shelby
Drove alone	91.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shaw	Shelby
1-unit, detached	68.8%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Shaw	Shelby
Poverty rate	40.6%	58.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1977	1973