Shelbyville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 17,565 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Shelbyville is the 26th largest community in Kentucky.Shelbyville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Shelbyville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelbyville who work in office and administrative support (10.40%), sales jobs (9.89%), and management occupations (8.89%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.36% 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. The percentage of people in Shelbyville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.41% of adults in Shelbyville have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Shelbyville in 2022 was $34,697, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,788 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 17.83% 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.