Bellville vs Shelby

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

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

Shelby has the higher population (8,706 vs 2,037 in Bellville). Bellville has the higher median household income ($59,861 vs $52,760 in Shelby). Bellville has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $117,300 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Bellville	Shelby
Population	2,037	8,706
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,861	$52,760
Median home value	$181,000	$117,300
Median gross rent	$788	$724
Housing units	866	3,943
Homeownership rate	68.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellville	Shelby
Population	2,219 → 2,037 (-8.2%)	8,866 → 8,706 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$50,464 → $59,861 (+18.6%)	$45,417 → $52,760 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $181,000 (+27.0%)	$92,900 → $117,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $788 (+27.5%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Bellville

Population

2,2192,037

Median household income

$50,464$59,861

Median home value

$142,500$181,000

Median gross rent

$618$788

Shelby

Population

8,8668,706

Median household income

$45,417$52,760

Median home value

$92,900$117,300

Median gross rent

$642$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellville	Shelby
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.3%
75 and over	10.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellville	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellville	Shelby
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellville	Shelby
Drove alone	86.9%	86.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellville	Shelby
1-unit, detached	67.6%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	9.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellville	Shelby
Poverty rate	11.1%	13.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1965	1958