Ontario vs Shelby

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

Ontario 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 6,649 in Ontario). Ontario has the higher median household income ($65,905 vs $52,760 in Shelby). Ontario has the higher median home value ($163,300 vs $117,300 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Ontario	Shelby
Population	6,649	8,706
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,905	$52,760
Median home value	$163,300	$117,300
Median gross rent	$1,059	$724
Housing units	2,741	3,943
Homeownership rate	65.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ontario	Shelby
Population	6,076 → 6,649 (+9.4%)	8,866 → 8,706 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$58,246 → $65,905 (+13.1%)	$45,417 → $52,760 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $163,300 (+29.1%)	$92,900 → $117,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $1,059 (+33.9%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Ontario

Population

6,0766,649

Median household income

$58,246$65,905

Median home value

$126,500$163,300

Median gross rent

$791$1,059

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)

	Ontario	Shelby
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.3%
75 and over	8.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ontario	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ontario	Shelby
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ontario	Shelby
Drove alone	81.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ontario	Shelby
1-unit, detached	64.7%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Ontario	Shelby
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1983	1958