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Shelby, MT

3,216 Population
5.8 square miles 556.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Toole County: 37.7 ±1.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,326 ±$4,351 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Toole County: $36,252 † ±$8,962
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $41,711 ±$477
$58,413 ±$10,934 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Toole County: $57,731 † ±$7,284
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $72,509 ±$761

13.8% ±6% (372  ±165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 12.6% † 571 (±4.7% / ±214)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 11.5% 125,642 (±0.3% / ±3,688)

14 minutes ±2 (17,490  ±3,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Toole County: 15.5 † 30,230 (±1.9 / ±4,547)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Montana: 19.1 9,058,565 (±0.2 / ±128,212)

Families

1,183 ±123 Number of households
  • Toole County: 1,852 ±115
  • Montana: 458,859 ±3,762
2.3 ±0.3 (2,697  ±202) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Toole County: 2.4 4,450 (±0.2 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,087,595

10.5% ±5.2% (58  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 8.9% † 71 (±4.3% / ±35)
  • nearly double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,407 (±0.3% / ±815)

Housing

1,399 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Toole County: 2,322 ±33
  • Montana: 528,419 ±3,257

$232,700 ±$36,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Toole County: $218,400 † ±$34,702
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $375,800 ±$3,433

23.8% ±6.7% (753  ±216.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 19.3% † 964 (±4.5% / ±226.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 13.5% 148,934 (±0.4% / ±4,359.2)

Social

87.2% ±7.2% (2,090  ±223.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 86.3% 3,098 (±7.2% / ±265.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 94.6% 739,351 (±0.7% / ±5,772.4)
19.5% ±5% (468  ±124.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Toole County: 22.5% † 808 (±4.2% / ±150.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 35.2% 274,703 (±0.5% / ±3,522.6)

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

3.1% ±1.4% (98  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Toole County: 4.3% 215
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,679

11.6% ±3.6% (306  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 11.8% † 472 (±2.5% / ±100)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Montana: 9% 79,357 (±0.2% / ±1,969)
306 Total veterans ±96 306 Male ±96 N/A Female ±11

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