Shelbyville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 18,048 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Shelbyville is the 26th largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Shelbyville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Shelbyville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Shelbyville, where the median household income is $75,610.00.

Shelbyville real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Shelbyville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Shelbyville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Shelbyville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Shelbyville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.73% of adults in Shelbyville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Shelbyville in 2022 was $33,587, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,348 for a family of four. However, Shelbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Shelbyville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shelbyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shelbyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Shelbyville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shelbyville include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Shelbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.