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Shelby, MT

3,129 Population
5.8 square miles 541.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Toole County: 38.8 ±3.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Montana: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,495 ±$5,425 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Toole County: $29,977 † ±$3,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montana: $39,842 ±$444
$53,357 ±$9,183 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Toole County: $53,693 ±$4,191
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Montana: $69,922 ±$768

11.3% ±4.6% (285  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Toole County: 12.3% † 541 (±4.3% / ±191)
  • a little less than the rate in Montana: 12.1% 129,998 (±0.3% / ±3,599)

12.3 minutes ±2.1 (14,810  ±3,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Toole County: 15 † 28,610 (±1.8 / ±4,370)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montana: 19.2 9,019,285 (±0.2 / ±114,265)

Families

1,154 ±115 Number of households
  • Toole County: 1,823 ±124
  • Montana: 452,683 ±1,926
2.2 ±0.3 (2,515  ±206) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Toole County: 2.4 4,338 (±0.2 / ±45)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montana: 2.4 1,075,777

11.9% ±7.7% (56  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Toole County: 9.3% † 73 (±5.1% / ±40)
  • more than double the rate in Montana: 5.5% 13,117 (±0.4% / ±852)

Housing

1,407 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Toole County: 2,323 ±22
  • Montana: 522,939 ±206

$206,000 ±$33,079 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Toole County: $187,400 † ±$25,849
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montana: $338,100 ±$3,741

24.3% ±7.1% (750  ±225.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Toole County: 18.4% † 915 (±4.6% / ±229.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 14.2% 155,635 (±0.4% / ±4,606.2)

Social

87.1% ±7% (2,132  ±215.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 86.2% 3,129 (±6.6% / ±245.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montana: 94.6% 728,513 (±0.7% / ±5,628.6)
19.4% ±5.1% (476  ±128.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Toole County: 21.5% † 781 (±3.9% / ±143.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Montana: 34.5% 266,066 (±0.4% / ±3,434)

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

3.8% ±1.8% (118  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Toole County: 3.4% 172
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Montana: 2.3% 25,327

12.9% ±4% (341  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Toole County: 12.8% † 512 (±2.8% / ±114)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montana: 9.4% 81,663 (±0.2% / ±1,843)
341 Total veterans ±109 341 Male ±109 N/A Female ±11

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