Center vs Shelbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Center and Shelbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Center and Shelbyville are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Center has the higher population (5,198 vs 187 in Shelbyville). Since 2019, Center's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Shelbyville
Population	5,198	187
Median age	37.5 yrs	17.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,731	—
Median home value	$152,000	—
Median gross rent	$958	—
Housing units	2,189	59
Homeownership rate	58.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	83.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Shelbyville
Population	5,250 → 5,198 (-1.0%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$34,507 → $50,731 (+47.0%)	—
Median home value	$71,900 → $152,000 (+111.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$557 → $958 (+72.0%)	—

Center

Population

5,2505,198

Median household income

$34,507$50,731

Median home value

$71,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$557$958

Shelbyville

Population

198187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Shelbyville
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	51.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	29.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	30.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	19.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	83.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Shelbyville
Drove alone	77.7%	43.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	63.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	32.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.76	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1982	—