Elm Creek vs Shelton

A side-by-side comparison of Elm Creek and Shelton: population, income, housing, and more.

Elm Creek and Shelton are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelton has the higher population (1,354 vs 1,146 in Elm Creek). Shelton has the higher median household income ($75,781 vs $75,625 in Elm Creek). Elm Creek has the higher median home value ($197,100 vs $137,100 in Shelton).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Creek	Shelton
Population	1,146	1,354
Median age	29.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$75,781
Median home value	$197,100	$137,100
Median gross rent	$767	$1,057
Housing units	441	523
Homeownership rate	67.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Creek	Shelton
Population	1,134 → 1,146 (+1.1%)	1,107 → 1,354 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$60,375 → $75,625 (+25.3%)	$49,583 → $75,781 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $197,100 (+71.7%)	$108,400 → $137,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $767 (-13.6%)	$658 → $1,057 (+60.6%)

Elm Creek

Population

1,1341,146

Median household income

$60,375$75,625

Median home value

$114,800$197,100

Median gross rent

$888$767

Shelton

Population

1,1071,354

Median household income

$49,583$75,781

Median home value

$108,400$137,100

Median gross rent

$658$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Creek	Shelton
Under 5	13.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.7%
75 and over	4.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Creek	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Creek	Shelton
No high school diploma	3.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Creek	Shelton
Drove alone	76.8%	84.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Creek	Shelton
1-unit, detached	72.8%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Elm Creek	Shelton
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1972	1965