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Shelby charter township, Macomb County, MI

80,422 Population
34.4 square miles 2,337.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macomb County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$50,745 ±$8,320 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macomb County: $40,772 ±$1,236
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
$85,764 ±$7,971 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macomb County: $77,702 ±$2,464
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567

10.6% ±4% (8,423  ±3,160) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Macomb County: 11% † 96,094 (±1.1% / ±9,548)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)

25.1 minutes ±1.5 (815,660  ±31,821) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Macomb County: 26.3 9,637,445 (±0.1 / ±119,150)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

34,135 ±1,808 Number of households
  • Macomb County: 362,586 ±2,275
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
2.3 ±0.1 (79,881  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Macomb County: 2.4 878,871 (±0 / ±91)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923

4.2% ±2.9% (723  ±516) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macomb County: 5.2% † 10,414 (±0.9% / ±1,762)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

Housing

35,996 ±1,947 Number of housing units
  • Macomb County: 376,721 ±80
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

$379,100 ±$18,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Macomb County: $266,500 ±$4,585
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616

11.3% ±4.4% (8,993  ±3,519.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macomb County: 9.4% † 82,013 (±1.1% / ±9,304.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)

Social

92.1% ±6.2% (55,372  ±4,259.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macomb County: 90.6% 577,688 (±2.1% / ±13,077.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
36.9% ±3.9% (22,216  ±2,461.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macomb County: 28.3% 180,300 (±1.2% / ±7,622.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.7% ±4% (13,391  ±3,244) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macomb County: 12.5% 110,780
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787

4.7% ±1.2% (3,091  ±771) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macomb County: 5.1% 35,742 (±0.3% / ±2,427)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
3,091 Total veterans ±771 2,848 Male ±725 243 Female ±246

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