Fallston vs Shelby

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

Fallston 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 602 in Fallston). Shelby has the higher median household income ($50,705 vs $49,250 in Fallston). Shelby has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $86,800 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Fallston	Shelby
Population	602	21,868
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$50,705
Median home value	$86,800	$185,400
Median gross rent	$708	$899
Housing units	330	10,804
Homeownership rate	68.2%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallston	Shelby
Population	509 → 602 (+18.3%)	20,007 → 21,868 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $49,250 (+71.3%)	$38,559 → $50,705 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $86,800 (-21.5%)	$119,300 → $185,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $708 (+43.3%)	$707 → $899 (+27.2%)

Fallston

Population

509602

Median household income

$28,750$49,250

Median home value

$110,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$494$708

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)

	Fallston	Shelby
Under 5	15.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	7.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	22.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	5.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.8%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallston	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	52.7%
Black or African American	3.3%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallston	Shelby
No high school diploma	21.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	22.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallston	Shelby
Drove alone	90.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallston	Shelby
1-unit, detached	64.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fallston	Shelby
Poverty rate	32.4%	18.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1974	1970