Belwood vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (21,868 vs 928 in Belwood). Shelby has the higher median household income ($50,705 vs $49,078 in Belwood). Shelby has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $180,600 in Belwood).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Shelby
Population	928	21,868
Median age	46.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$50,705
Median home value	$180,600	$185,400
Median gross rent	$907	$899
Housing units	401	10,804
Homeownership rate	81.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Shelby
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	20,007 → 21,868 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$38,559 → $50,705 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$119,300 → $185,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$707 → $899 (+27.2%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Shelby

Population

20,00721,868

Median household income

$38,559$50,705

Median home value

$119,300$185,400

Median gross rent

$707$899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Shelby
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	28.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.8%
75 and over	7.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	52.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Shelby
No high school diploma	13.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Shelby
Drove alone	92.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Shelby
1-unit, detached	63.6%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Shelby
Poverty rate	13.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1988	1970