Phelps vs Shortsville

A side-by-side comparison of Phelps and Shortsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Phelps and Shortsville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phelps has the higher population (2,164 vs 1,806 in Shortsville). Shortsville has the higher median household income ($86,154 vs $65,272 in Phelps). Phelps has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $129,500 in Shortsville).

Population, income & housing

	Phelps	Shortsville
Population	2,164	1,806
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,272	$86,154
Median home value	$162,700	$129,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$873
Housing units	957	712
Homeownership rate	75.4%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phelps	Shortsville
Population	1,886 → 2,164 (+14.7%)	1,403 → 1,806 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$51,583 → $65,272 (+26.5%)	$68,529 → $86,154 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$108,800 → $162,700 (+49.5%)	$110,200 → $129,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,094 (+40.4%)	$696 → $873 (+25.4%)

Phelps

Population

1,8862,164

Median household income

$51,583$65,272

Median home value

$108,800$162,700

Median gross rent

$779$1,094

Shortsville

Population

1,4031,806

Median household income

$68,529$86,154

Median home value

$110,200$129,500

Median gross rent

$696$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phelps	Shortsville
Under 5	9.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	22.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phelps	Shortsville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phelps	Shortsville
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.2%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phelps	Shortsville
Drove alone	74.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phelps	Shortsville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Phelps	Shortsville
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938