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Shelby County, IN

45,265 Population
411.1 square miles 110.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,701 ±$1,853 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,190 ±$4,637 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±1.8% (5,782  ±811) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.9 minutes ±0.9 (471,540  ±25,008) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,450 ±250 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (44,445  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±2.3% (715  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,674 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,400 ±$10,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±1.8% (5,375  ±820.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.9% ±3.4% (28,854  ±1,092.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.9% ±1.9% (6,960  ±607.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.4% (1,524  ±327) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±0.9% (2,406  ±324) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,406 Total veterans ±324 2,226 Male ±314 180 Female ±104

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