Reynolds County vs Shelby County

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

Reynolds County and Shelby County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Reynolds County has the higher population (6,058 vs 6,011 in Shelby County). Shelby County has the higher median household income ($52,127 vs $44,357 in Reynolds County). Reynolds County has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $86,200 in Shelby County).

Population, income & housing

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
Population	6,058	6,011
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,357	$52,127
Median home value	$119,900	$86,200
Median gross rent	$627	$570
Housing units	3,468	2,952
Homeownership rate	80.7%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
Population	6,290 → 6,058 (-3.7%)	6,013 → 6,011 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$40,324 → $44,357 (+10.0%)	$44,083 → $52,127 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $119,900 (+24.9%)	$72,200 → $86,200 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $627 (+4.5%)	$564 → $570 (+1.1%)

Reynolds County

Population

6,2906,058

Median household income

$40,324$44,357

Median home value

$96,000$119,900

Median gross rent

$600$627

Shelby County

Population

6,0136,011

Median household income

$44,083$52,127

Median home value

$72,200$86,200

Median gross rent

$564$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
Under 5	4.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.1%
75 and over	10.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
No high school diploma	19.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
Drove alone	75.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Reynolds County	Shelby County
Poverty rate	17.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1975	1968