What is the population of Shelbyville city?

Shelbyville city has 4,248 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #360 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Shelbyville city?

Median household income in Shelbyville city is $54,400 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shelbyville city?

Median gross rent is $724 a month and the median home value is $111,200, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.

Is Shelbyville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shelbyville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shelbyville, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shelbyville, Illinois (Shelbyville, IL — Census place “Shelbyville city”) is 4,248 residents, ranking #360 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $54,400, the median home is worth $111,200 and median gross rent runs $724 a month. Looking for the Shelbyville Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shelbyville, IL: 62565.

Population: 4,248Shelbyville city residents
Median household income: $54,400Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $111,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $724Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.5%Owner-occupied households

Shelbyville ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shelbyville.

The Shelbyville IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

62565

What the numbers mean in Shelbyville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shelbyville city median would spend about 16% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.2% of residents and 60.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Shelbyville city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shelbyville city is a small town in Illinois, with 4,248 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #360 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 45 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Shelbyville city earn a median of $54,400 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 14.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shelbyville city is valued at $111,200, 63.3% below the national figure and 38% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $724 a month, 48.5% below the national figure, or roughly $8,688 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 60.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Shelbyville city?: Shelbyville city has 4,248 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #360 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Shelbyville city?: Median household income in Shelbyville city is $54,400 a year, 30.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shelbyville city?: Median gross rent is $724 a month and the median home value is $111,200, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.
Is Shelbyville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shelbyville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Shelbyville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.