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Shelby, MT

3,139 Population
5.8 square miles 542.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±3.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Toole County: 41.8 ±1.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$30,738 ±$6,507 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Toole County: $29,408 † ±$3,997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montana: $34,423 ±$468
$47,389 ±$6,910 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Toole County: $54,137 † ±$5,905
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $60,560 ±$730

8.3% ±3.6% (214  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Toole County: 8.1% † 360 (±3.4% / ±151)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montana: 12.5% 131,512 (±0.4% / ±3,973)

12.5 minutes ±2.3 (16,435  ±4,302) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Toole County: 15.3 † 29,715 (±2.5 / ±5,759)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montana: 18.6 8,743,015 (±0.2 / ±121,297)

Families

1,180 ±132 Number of households
  • Toole County: 1,805 ±130
  • Montana: 436,481 ±2,253
2.2 ±0.3 (2,576  ±223) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Toole County: 2.5 4,450 (±0.2 / ±106)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,050,544 (±0)

2% ±1% (9  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 1.8% † 15 (±1.2% / ±10)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Montana: 5.3% 12,418 (±0.3% / ±739)

Housing

1,512 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Toole County: 2,330 ±46
  • Montana: 512,553 ±1,499

$168,400 ±$21,196 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Toole County: $152,200 † ±$26,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montana: $263,700 ±$2,385

18.9% ±7.3% (592  ±231.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 15% † 748 (±5.1% / ±252.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 15.1% 161,063 (±0.4% / ±4,393.4)

Social

89.9% ±7.2% (2,135  ±245.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 89.5% 3,192 (±7.1% / ±274.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 94.4% 704,302 (±0.8% / ±5,621.8)
26.3% ±6.2% (624  ±155.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 26.2% † 933 (±4.8% / ±172.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montana: 33.7% 251,226 (±0.5% / ±3,527.3)

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

2.5% ±1.7% (77  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Toole County: 2.3% † 116 (±1.1% / ±57)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montana: 2.2% 23,561 (±0.1% / ±1,204)

10.2% ±3.9% (264  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Toole County: 11.5% † 460 (±2.7% / ±109)
  • about the same as the rate in Montana: 10% 84,430 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
264 Total veterans ±102 260 Male ±101 4 Female ±8

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