Shelby is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,174 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shelby is the 356th largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Shelby is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 52.23% of the Shelby workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Shelby is a village of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelby who work in office and administrative support (9.89%), management occupations (8.29%), and farm management occupations (7.84%). Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.98 minutes getting to work every day. Shelby is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, the citizens of Shelby rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.14% of adults 25 and older in Shelby have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Shelby in 2022 was $22,673, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,692 for a family of four. However, Shelby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Shelby is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Shelby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Shelby, accounting for 51.63% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Shelby residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shelby include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Swedish. Shelby also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.48%. The most common language spoken in Shelby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
