Belfair vs Shelton

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

Belfair 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 4,601 in Belfair). Belfair has the higher median household income ($74,477 vs $60,589 in Shelton). Belfair has the higher median home value ($307,600 vs $296,100 in Shelton).

Population, income & housing

	Belfair	Shelton
Population	4,601	10,619
Median age	31.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,477	$60,589
Median home value	$307,600	$296,100
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,298
Housing units	1,825	3,789
Homeownership rate	74.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfair	Shelton
Population	4,564 → 4,601 (+0.8%)	10,167 → 10,619 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$51,772 → $74,477 (+43.9%)	$40,809 → $60,589 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$210,800 → $307,600 (+45.9%)	$162,700 → $296,100 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,150 (+21.8%)	$932 → $1,298 (+39.3%)

Belfair

Population

4,5644,601

Median household income

$51,772$74,477

Median home value

$210,800$307,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,150

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)

	Belfair	Shelton
Under 5	7.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	21.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.0%
75 and over	2.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfair	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	63.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	3.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.5%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfair	Shelton
No high school diploma	8.2%	16.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfair	Shelton
Drove alone	62.8%	73.8%
Carpooled	26.5%	13.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	9.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfair	Shelton
1-unit, detached	71.7%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Belfair	Shelton
Poverty rate	4.7%	23.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1992	1975