Minnesota · Census place 59566
Shelly, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Shelly, Minnesota (Shelly, MN — Census place “Shelly city”) is 195 residents, ranking #693 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $51,250, the median home is worth $88,300 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Shelly Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shelly, MN: 56581.
- Population
- 195Shelly city residents
- Median household income
- $51,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $88,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 95.1%Owner-occupied households
Shelly ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shelly.
The Shelly MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Shelly city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 95.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Shelly city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Shelly city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 195 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #693 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 24% of them. The median age here is 34.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Shelly city earn a median of $51,250 a year, 34.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Shelly city is valued at $88,300, 70.9% below the national figure and 63% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, 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. 95.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.
With 195 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Shelly city against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Shelly city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Minnesota.
- Minneapolis city 426,845
- St. Paul city 307,762
- Rochester city 121,638
- Bloomington city 88,838
- Duluth city 86,863
- Brooklyn Park city 84,349
- Plymouth city 79,526
- Woodbury city 76,945
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Shelly city?
- Shelly city has 195 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #693 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Shelly city?
- Median household income in Shelly city is $51,250 a year, 34.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shelly city?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $88,300.
- Is Shelly city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shelly city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Shelly 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.