What is the population of Shelby city?

Shelby city has 8,706 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Shelby city?

Median household income in Shelby city is $52,760 a year, 32.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $724 a month and the median home value is $117,300, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.2× 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 16.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Shelby, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Shelby, Ohio (Shelby, OH — Census place “Shelby city”) is 8,706 residents, ranking #203 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $52,760, the median home is worth $117,300 and median gross rent runs $724 a month. Looking for the Shelby Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Shelby, OH: 44875.

Population: 8,706Shelby city residents
Median household income: $52,760Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $117,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $724Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.9%Owner-occupied households

Shelby ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Shelby.

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

44875

What the numbers mean in Shelby city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Shelby city median would spend about 16.5% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.7% of residents and 63.9% 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, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Shelby city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 8,706 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #203 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 40.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Shelby city earn a median of $52,760 a year, 32.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio 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 13.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Shelby city is valued at $117,300, 61.3% below the national figure and 30% below the $168,500 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 16.5% 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 2.2×, 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. 63.9% 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.

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 8,706 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #203 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Shelby city?: Median household income in Shelby city is $52,760 a year, 32.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Shelby city?: Median gross rent is $724 a month and the median home value is $117,300, so rent absorbs about 16.5% of median household income.
Is Shelby city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× 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 16.5% 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. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.