Plymouth vs Shelby

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

Plymouth 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 1,649 in Plymouth). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $52,760 in Shelby). Shelby has the higher median home value ($117,300 vs $100,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	Shelby
Population	1,649	8,706
Median age	33.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,054	$52,760
Median home value	$100,400	$117,300
Median gross rent	$821	$724
Housing units	785	3,943
Homeownership rate	64.5%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	Shelby
Population	1,597 → 1,649 (+3.3%)	8,866 → 8,706 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$44,844 → $62,054 (+38.4%)	$45,417 → $52,760 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $100,400 (+33.2%)	$92,900 → $117,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $821 (+13.9%)	$642 → $724 (+12.8%)

Plymouth

Population

1,5971,649

Median household income

$44,844$62,054

Median home value

$75,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$721$821

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)

	Plymouth	Shelby
Under 5	11.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.3%
75 and over	6.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	Shelby
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	48.1%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	Shelby
Drove alone	78.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	Shelby
1-unit, detached	69.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	Shelby
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1956	1958