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Shelby township, Ripley County, IN

856 Population
69.1 square miles 12.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±20.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ripley County: 40.9 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,141 ±$11,922 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ripley County: $34,364 ±$1,914
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$53,333 ±$34,107 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ripley County: $71,084 ±$2,900
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

8.3% ±6.4% (69  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ripley County: 9.6% † 2,733 (±1.7% / ±491)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

19.7 minutes ±6.3 (3,765  ±1,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ripley County: 27.8 378,260 (±1.7 / ±27,399)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

338 ±99 Number of households
  • Ripley County: 11,356 ±233
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.5 ±0.7 (829  ±335) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ripley County: 2.5 28,522 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

18.1% ±17.9% (23  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ripley County: 6.1% † 372 (±1.6% / ±96)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

346 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Ripley County: 12,398 ±73
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$113,300 ±$34,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Ripley County: $205,300 ±$8,660
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

1.9% ±3.1% (16  ±26.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ripley County: 8% † 2,283 (±1.7% / ±474.3)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

90.9% ±35.3% (531  ±141) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ripley County: 90.6% 17,977 (±4.1% / ±806.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
5.5% ±8.8% (32  ±52.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ripley County: 19.4% † 3,840 (±2% / ±390.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

2.9% ±3.6% (25  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ripley County: 1.2% 350
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

13.5% ±8.1% (84  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ripley County: 8.1% † 1,782 (±1.1% / ±246)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
84 Total veterans ±55 84 Male ±55 N/A Female ±13

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