Shelbina vs Shelbyville

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

Shelbina and Shelbyville 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 583 in Shelbyville). Shelbina has the higher median household income ($52,176 vs $46,875 in Shelbyville). Shelbina has the higher median home value ($79,500 vs $75,600 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
Population	2,108	583
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,176	$46,875
Median home value	$79,500	$75,600
Median gross rent	$666	$450
Housing units	901	286
Homeownership rate	73.3%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
Population	1,635 → 2,108 (+28.9%)	461 → 583 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$38,594 → $52,176 (+35.2%)	$40,368 → $46,875 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$69,200 → $79,500 (+14.9%)	$59,100 → $75,600 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $666 (+9.0%)	$513 → $450 (-12.3%)

Shelbina

Population

1,6352,108

Median household income

$38,594$52,176

Median home value

$69,200$79,500

Median gross rent

$611$666

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)

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
Under 5	7.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.5%
75 and over	9.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
Drove alone	81.2%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	83.7%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Shelbina	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	16.0%	16.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1962	1970