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Shelby township, Tippecanoe County, IN

2,517 Population
53.5 square miles 47 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tippecanoe County: 28.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,558 ±$16,586 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $33,313 ±$837
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,688 ±$43,308 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $60,636 ±$1,807
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.6% ±1% (16  ±26) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 19.2% 33,123 (±1.4% / ±2,456)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±6.9 (23,395  ±4,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tippecanoe County: 17.9 1,436,540 (±0.3 / ±41,891)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

930 ±145 Number of households
  • Tippecanoe County: 75,808 ±693
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (2,517  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tippecanoe County: 2.3 172,642 (±0 / ±295)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,089 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Tippecanoe County: 80,647 ±159
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$329,700 ±$56,838 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tippecanoe County: $239,300 ±$5,837
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.1% ±2.5% (78  ±63.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 22.9% 42,814 (±1.1% / ±2,118.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±9.1% (1,380  ±261.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tippecanoe County: 92.3% 97,538 (±2.1% / ±2,193.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
68.8% ±11% (1,027  ±233.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tippecanoe County: 40.5% 42,827 (±1.4% / ±1,446.7)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • nearly double 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

4.5% ±3.9% (113  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 12.3% 23,294
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.6% ±1.1% (26  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tippecanoe County: 4.3% † 6,538 (±0.4% / ±655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±19 26 Male ±19 N/A Female ±13

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