Bethel vs Shelbyville

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

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

Shelbyville has the higher population (583 vs 104 in Bethel). Bethel has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $46,875 in Shelbyville). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($75,600 vs $55,000 in Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel	Shelbyville
Population	104	583
Median age	51.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$46,875
Median home value	$55,000	$75,600
Median gross rent	$475	$450
Housing units	71	286
Homeownership rate	68.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel	Shelbyville
Population	116 → 104 (-10.3%)	461 → 583 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $59,375 (+21.2%)	$40,368 → $46,875 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $55,000 (+10.0%)	$59,100 → $75,600 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $475 (-7.4%)	$513 → $450 (-12.3%)

Bethel

Population

116104

Median household income

$49,000$59,375

Median home value

$50,000$55,000

Median gross rent

$513$475

Shelbyville

Population

461583

Median household income

$40,368$46,875

Median home value

$59,100$75,600

Median gross rent

$513$450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel	Shelbyville
Under 5	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	2.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	21.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	24.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
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	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel	Shelbyville
Drove alone	73.0%	89.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	83.1%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Bethel	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	11.5%	16.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1970