What is the population of Shelby city?

Shelby city has 1,709 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #150 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Shelby city?

Median household income in Shelby city is $27,728 a year, 64.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $613 a month and the median home value is $82,400, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shelby city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shelby, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shelby, Mississippi (Shelby, MS — Census place “Shelby city”) is 1,709 residents, ranking #150 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $27,728, the median home is worth $82,400 and median gross rent runs $613 a month. Looking for the Shelby Mississippi ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shelby, MS: 38774.

Population: 1,709Shelby city residents
Median household income: $27,728Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $82,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $613Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Shelby ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shelby.

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

38774

What the numbers mean in Shelby city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shelby city median would spend about 26.5% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 58.5% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

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

Shelby city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shelby city is a small town in Mississippi, with 1,709 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #150 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 42.1 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 Shelby city earn a median of $27,728 a year, 64.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 37% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi 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 58.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shelby city is valued at $82,400, 72.8% below the national figure and 32% below the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $613 a month, 56.4% below the national figure, or roughly $7,356 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 66% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Shelby city?: Shelby city has 1,709 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #150 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Shelby city?: Median household income in Shelby city is $27,728 a year, 64.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shelby city?: Median gross rent is $613 a month and the median home value is $82,400, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.
Is Shelby city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Shelby city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Shelby 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.