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Shelby charter township, Macomb County, MI

79,878 Population
34.4 square miles 2,321.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Macomb County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$42,580 ±$2,910 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macomb County: $38,973 ±$816
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$83,580 ±$7,612 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macomb County: $73,807 ±$1,867
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

7.9% ±3.1% (6,267  ±2,440) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Macomb County: 10.5% † 91,115 (±1.1% / ±9,538)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

26 minutes ±0.9 (863,565  ±42,404) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Macomb County: 26.8 9,985,420 (±0.2 / ±121,082)
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

33,350 ±1,784 Number of households
  • Macomb County: 359,464 ±2,398
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.4 ±0.1 (79,378  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Macomb County: 2.4 867,933 (±0 / ±163)
  • about the same as the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

5.2% ±3.1% (825  ±497) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macomb County: 4.8% † 9,335 (±1% / ±1,969)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

34,679 ±1,896 Number of housing units
  • Macomb County: 375,223 ±131
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$321,800 ±$21,731 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Macomb County: $246,600 ±$4,527
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

8.5% ±3.1% (6,736  ±2,416.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macomb County: 9.9% 85,368 (±0.9% / ±7,539.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

92.3% ±6.1% (54,268  ±4,264.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macomb County: 90.7% 569,807 (±2% / ±12,281.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
34.3% ±3.7% (20,194  ±2,349.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Macomb County: 27.5% 172,698 (±1.1% / ±6,731.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

14.5% ±3.1% (11,613  ±2,479) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Macomb County: 11.6% 101,735
  • about double the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

3.2% ±0.9% (2,011  ±583) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macomb County: 4.6% 31,975 (±0.4% / ±2,783)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
2,011 Total veterans ±583 1,767 Male ±541 244 Female ±235

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