Green Acres vs Shell Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Green Acres and Shell Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Green Acres and Shell Valley are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shell Valley has the higher population (1,112 vs 914 in Green Acres). Green Acres has the higher median household income ($46,429 vs $43,281 in Shell Valley). Since 2019, Green Acres's population has grown faster (+111.1% vs -5.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
Population	914	1,112
Median age	24.3 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,429	$43,281
Median home value	—	$55,200
Median gross rent	$436	$377
Housing units	180	382
Homeownership rate	9.9%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
Population	433 → 914 (+111.1%)	1,174 → 1,112 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$30,921 → $46,429 (+50.2%)	$35,438 → $43,281 (+22.1%)
Median home value	—	$67,300 → $55,200 (-18.0%)
Median gross rent	$447 → $436 (-2.5%)	$294 → $377 (+28.2%)

Green Acres

Population

433914

Median household income

$30,921$46,429

Median gross rent

$447$436

Shell Valley

Population

1,1741,112

Median household income

$35,438$43,281

Median home value

$67,300$55,200

Median gross rent

$294$377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
Under 5	3.6%	11.5%
5 to 17	43.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	8.5%
55 to 64	5.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.5%	2.5%
75 and over	0.0%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	96.3%	99.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
No high school diploma	16.0%	36.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	54.3%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
Drove alone	94.5%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
1-unit, detached	64.4%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	31.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Green Acres	Shell Valley
Poverty rate	29.9%	27.9%
Average household size	5.64	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	11	14
Median year structure built	1991	1987