Allyn vs Shelton

A side-by-side comparison of Allyn and Shelton: population, income, housing, and more.

Allyn and Shelton are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelton has the higher population (10,619 vs 2,656 in Allyn). Allyn has the higher median household income ($107,823 vs $60,589 in Shelton). Allyn has the higher median home value ($527,200 vs $296,100 in Shelton).

Population, income & housing

	Allyn	Shelton
Population	2,656	10,619
Median age	56.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,823	$60,589
Median home value	$527,200	$296,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,298
Housing units	1,216	3,789
Homeownership rate	99.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allyn	Shelton
Population	2,414 → 2,656 (+10.0%)	10,167 → 10,619 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$83,663 → $107,823 (+28.9%)	$40,809 → $60,589 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$337,200 → $527,200 (+56.3%)	$162,700 → $296,100 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $610 (-1.9%)	$932 → $1,298 (+39.3%)

Allyn

Population

2,4142,656

Median household income

$83,663$107,823

Median home value

$337,200$527,200

Median gross rent

$622$610

Shelton

Population

10,16710,619

Median household income

$40,809$60,589

Median home value

$162,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$932$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allyn	Shelton
Under 5	2.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	20.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	20.7%	7.0%
75 and over	10.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allyn	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	1.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allyn	Shelton
No high school diploma	1.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	29.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allyn	Shelton
Drove alone	81.9%	73.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allyn	Shelton
1-unit, detached	88.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Allyn	Shelton
Poverty rate	1.5%	23.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	40	27
Median year structure built	1998	1975