Bethel vs Shelbina

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel and Shelbina: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethel and Shelbina are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelbina has the higher population (2,108 vs 104 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $52,176 in Shelbina). Shelbina has the higher median home value ($79,500 vs $55,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Shelbina
Population	104	2,108
Median age	51.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$52,176
Median home value	$55,000	$79,500
Median gross rent	$475	$666
Housing units	71	901
Homeownership rate	68.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Shelbina
Population	116 → 104 (-10.3%)	1,635 → 2,108 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $59,375 (+21.2%)	$38,594 → $52,176 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $55,000 (+10.0%)	$69,200 → $79,500 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $475 (-7.4%)	$611 → $666 (+9.0%)

Bethel

Population

116104

Median household income

$49,000$59,375

Median home value

$50,000$55,000

Median gross rent

$513$475

Shelbina

Population

1,6352,108

Median household income

$38,594$52,176

Median home value

$69,200$79,500

Median gross rent

$611$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Shelbina
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	21.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	24.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.4%
75 and over	8.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Shelbina
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Shelbina
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Shelbina
Drove alone	73.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Shelbina
1-unit, detached	83.1%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Shelbina
Poverty rate	11.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1962