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Shelby township, Tippecanoe County, IN

2,498 Population
53.6 square miles 46.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tippecanoe County: 28.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$51,707 ±$15,194 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $32,271 ±$1,047
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$114,028 ±$57,492 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Tippecanoe County: $58,622 ±$1,711
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

5% ±5.3% (125  ±132) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 19% 32,500 (±1.3% / ±2,262)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

22.5 minutes ±2.3 (24,455  ±4,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tippecanoe County: 17.6 1,427,245 (±0.2 / ±36,120)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

901 ±117 Number of households
  • Tippecanoe County: 74,415 ±641
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.8 ±0.4 (2,498  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tippecanoe County: 2.3 171,237 (±0 / ±283)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,012 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Tippecanoe County: 79,327 ±133
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$282,700 ±$49,635 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $217,600 ±$4,579
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

9.1% ±6.8% (226  ±170.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 22.9% 42,365 (±1.2% / ±2,256.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

93.8% ±10.4% (1,394  ±248) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tippecanoe County: 92% 96,288 (±2.2% / ±2,302.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
55.3% ±11.3% (822  ±202.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tippecanoe County: 40.1% 41,954 (±1.4% / ±1,479.5)
  • nearly double 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

6.5% ±5.6% (162  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Tippecanoe County: 12.1% 22,618
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

3% ±2.1% (49  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 4.4% † 6,515 (±0.4% / ±662)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
49 Total veterans ±35 49 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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