Shelby County vs Sullivan County

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

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

Shelby County has the higher population (6,011 vs 5,903 in Sullivan County). Sullivan County has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $52,127 in Shelby County). Sullivan County has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $86,200 in Shelby County).

Population, income & housing

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
Population	6,011	5,903
Median age	43.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,127	$55,500
Median home value	$86,200	$103,300
Median gross rent	$570	$692
Housing units	2,952	3,032
Homeownership rate	75.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
Population	6,013 → 6,011 (-0.0%)	6,247 → 5,903 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$44,083 → $52,127 (+18.2%)	$46,481 → $55,500 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $86,200 (+19.4%)	$77,000 → $103,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $570 (+1.1%)	$622 → $692 (+11.3%)

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

Sullivan County

Population

6,2475,903

Median household income

$46,481$55,500

Median home value

$77,000$103,300

Median gross rent

$622$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.1%
75 and over	9.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	45.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
Drove alone	83.0%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.7%	24.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	5.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
1-unit, detached	77.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Shelby County	Sullivan County
Poverty rate	15.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1968	1965