Being a small city, 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%: 17.46% of the adults in Shelbyville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Shelbyville in 2022 was $28,715, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,860 for a family of four. However, Shelbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Shelbyville is a somewhat 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. Important ancestries of people in Shelbyville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Shelbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
