Mansfield vs Shelby

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

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

Mansfield has the higher population (47,686 vs 8,706 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median household income ($52,760 vs $42,605 in Mansfield). Shelby has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $110,600 in Mansfield).

Population, income & housing

	Mansfield	Shelby
Population	47,686	8,706
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,605	$52,760
Median home value	$110,600	$117,300
Median gross rent	$768	$724
Housing units	21,382	3,943
Homeownership rate	50.6%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mansfield	Shelby
Population	46,576 → 47,686 (+2.4%)	8,866 → 8,706 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$37,683 → $42,605 (+13.1%)	$45,417 → $52,760 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $110,600 (+38.9%)	$92,900 → $117,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $768 (+21.1%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Mansfield

Population

46,57647,686

Median household income

$37,683$42,605

Median home value

$79,600$110,600

Median gross rent

$634$768

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)

	Mansfield	Shelby
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.3%
75 and over	7.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mansfield	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	17.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mansfield	Shelby
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mansfield	Shelby
Drove alone	79.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	5.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mansfield	Shelby
1-unit, detached	60.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Mansfield	Shelby
Poverty rate	24.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1959	1958