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Shelby town, Orleans County, NY

4,858 Population
46.4 square miles 104.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Orleans County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,072 ±$4,976 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans County: $35,307 ±$2,125
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,655 ±$13,826 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Orleans County: $65,969 ±$3,199
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±3.7% (580  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans County: 12.8% † 4,814 (±2% / ±770)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±2.4 (53,430  ±8,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Orleans County: 26.1 409,680 (±1.2 / ±25,396)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,132 ±166 Number of households
  • Orleans County: 16,220 ±282
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,561  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Orleans County: 2.3 37,200 (±0 / ±110)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.5% ±0.8% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Orleans County: 3.9% † 310 (±1.2% / ±94)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,207 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Orleans County: 18,326 ±64
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,000 ±$29,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Orleans County: $140,800 ±$5,866
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±5.8% (588  ±279.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Orleans County: 7.9% † 3,083 (±1.3% / ±517.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±7.9% (3,209  ±332.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Orleans County: 86% 25,204 (±2.9% / ±875.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±3.6% (691  ±135.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Orleans County: 17.9% 5,255 (±1.4% / ±422.1)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.3% ±2.4% (256  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Orleans County: 3.5% 1,401
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.2% ±5.5% (493  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Orleans County: 8.2% † 2,621 (±1.1% / ±359)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
493 Total veterans ±222 384 Male ±154 109 Female ±92

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