Shelby vs Stromsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Shelby and Stromsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stromsburg has the higher population (1,007 vs 709 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median household income ($75,795 vs $61,182 in Stromsburg). Stromsburg has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $112,200 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Shelby	Stromsburg
Population	709	1,007
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,795	$61,182
Median home value	$112,200	$159,100
Median gross rent	$521	$831
Housing units	272	476
Homeownership rate	87.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelby	Stromsburg
Population	752 → 709 (-5.7%)	1,082 → 1,007 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$73,472 → $75,795 (+3.2%)	$61,635 → $61,182 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $112,200 (+19.4%)	$87,300 → $159,100 (+82.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $521 (-12.6%)	$588 → $831 (+41.3%)

Shelby

Population

752709

Median household income

$73,472$75,795

Median home value

$94,000$112,200

Median gross rent

$596$521

Stromsburg

Population

1,0821,007

Median household income

$61,635$61,182

Median home value

$87,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$588$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelby	Stromsburg
Under 5	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.7%
75 and over	14.0%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelby	Stromsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelby	Stromsburg
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	47.3%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelby	Stromsburg
Drove alone	66.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	25.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	12.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelby	Stromsburg
1-unit, detached	88.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shelby	Stromsburg
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1963	1952