Gibbon vs Shelton

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

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

Gibbon has the higher population (1,643 vs 1,354 in Shelton). Shelton has the higher median household income ($75,781 vs $69,762 in Gibbon). Gibbon has the higher median home value ($151,700 vs $137,100 in Shelton).

Population, income & housing

	Gibbon	Shelton
Population	1,643	1,354
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,762	$75,781
Median home value	$151,700	$137,100
Median gross rent	$683	$1,057
Housing units	700	523
Homeownership rate	72.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibbon	Shelton
Population	2,080 → 1,643 (-21.0%)	1,107 → 1,354 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$62,548 → $69,762 (+11.5%)	$49,583 → $75,781 (+52.8%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $151,700 (+28.2%)	$108,400 → $137,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $683 (-16.2%)	$658 → $1,057 (+60.6%)

Gibbon

Population

2,0801,643

Median household income

$62,548$69,762

Median home value

$118,300$151,700

Median gross rent

$815$683

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)

	Gibbon	Shelton
Under 5	8.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.7%
75 and over	7.9%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibbon	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	71.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.7%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibbon	Shelton
No high school diploma	15.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibbon	Shelton
Drove alone	82.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibbon	Shelton
1-unit, detached	78.1%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibbon	Shelton
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1968	1965