Shelbyville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 6,752 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shelbyville is the 159th largest community in Michigan. Shelbyville real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Shelbyville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Shelbyville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.34% of Shelbyville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Shelbyville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelbyville who work in management occupations (13.83%), sales jobs (10.39%), and office and administrative support (9.17%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Shelbyville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Shelbyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Shelbyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Shelbyville may be for you. Being a small town, Shelbyville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Shelbyville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.74% of the adults in Shelbyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Shelbyville in 2022 was $42,291, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,164 for a family of four. However, Shelbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Shelbyville include English, German, Dutch, Irish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Shelbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
