Joaquin vs Shelbyville

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

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

Joaquin has the higher population (688 vs 187 in Shelbyville). Since 2019, Shelbyville's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
Population	688	187
Median age	41.8 yrs	17.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,659	—
Median home value	$59,200	—
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	360	59
Homeownership rate	68.9%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	83.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
Population	1,014 → 688 (-32.1%)	198 → 187 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$38,819 → $34,659 (-10.7%)	—
Median home value	$65,000 → $59,200 (-8.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$618 → $750 (+21.4%)	—

Joaquin

Population

1,014688

Median household income

$38,819$34,659

Median home value

$65,000$59,200

Median gross rent

$618$750

Shelbyville

Population

198187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	51.9%
18 to 24	14.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	29.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	0.0%
75 and over	10.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	28.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	83.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
Drove alone	86.6%	43.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	56.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	60.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joaquin	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	22.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.68	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1977	—