With 20,296 people, Shelbyville is a city in Indiana. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. The typical home is worth $174,700, having more than doubled since 2000. 21.5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Owners hold 55% of the housing stock. That trails the Indiana median by roughly 23%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,602, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Shelbyville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate8.9% → 21.5%(+12.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants60.4% → 55.2%(−5.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age33.3 → 36.3(+3.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shelbyville's population equals 45% of Shelby County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 83% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 74% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)38.3%(438)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.7%(168)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.9%(331)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(54)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,145 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Shelbyville, decade by decade
Shelbyville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,336
$59,798
$100,083
9.0%
7.2
2000
17,951
$67,081
$154,476
10.6%
13.5
2010
19,191
$58,859
$138,822
13.1%
25.9
2020
20,067
$60,100
$125,567
14.9%
37.1
2024
20,296
$55,602
$174,700
19.4%
36.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
