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Shelby city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Shelby city is a Census city of 752 people across 2.07 square miles of land, lying across Pottawattamie County and Shelby County. Median household income is $63,654, 62.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Shelby
What Shelby is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.07 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land364 plus or minus 86
- County holding the largest share of its areaPottawattamie County, 51.9 percent
- Counties this place lies inPottawattamie County 51.9 percent, Shelby County 48.1 percent
Shelby city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby
How many people live in Shelby
- Population752 plus or minus 178
- Median age36.1
- Population under 18150 plus or minus 45
- Share under 1819.9 percent
- Population 65 and over124 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Households352 plus or minus 75
- Family households207 plus or minus 61
- Share of households that are families58.8 percent plus or minus 12.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby
Income and work in Shelby
- Median household income$63,654 plus or minus $14,212
- Per capita income$36,393
- Civilian labor force422 plus or minus 112
- Employed396 plus or minus 113
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate6.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over497 plus or minus 115
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent plus or minus 27.0
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby
Housing in Shelby
- Housing units408
- Occupied units352 plus or minus 75
- Vacant units56 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Owner occupied221 plus or minus 63
- Renter occupied131 plus or minus 48
- Ownership rate62.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$162,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$840
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Single family units315 plus or minus 68
- Share single family77.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more88 plus or minus 42
- Share in buildings of two or more21.6 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby
How Shelby gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute367 plus or minus 109
- Commuting under 15 minutes136 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more208 plus or minus 68
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.7 percent
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Worked from home7.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shelby
SBA loans in Shelby (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$650,000
- Average approval$325,000
- Median approval$507,000
- Largest approval$507,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pottawattamie County, not Shelby
Pottawattamie County context, not Shelby figures
These are Pottawattamie County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shelby measurements.
- Establishments in Pottawattamie County1,920
- Employment at those establishments, Pottawattamie County32,384
- Covered employment, Pottawattamie County41,403
- Average annual pay, Pottawattamie County$56,397
- Average weekly wage, Pottawattamie County$1,085
- Housing units permitted, Pottawattamie County681
- Of those, single family, Pottawattamie County105
- County product, 2024, Pottawattamie County$6,263,240,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pottawattamie County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pottawattamie County$49,744
Every figure in this section is published for Pottawattamie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shelby. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Shelby questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shelby, Iowa?
752, in 352 households. Shelby city covers 2.07 square miles of land, which is 364 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shelby in?
Shelby lies in more than one. By area it is 51.9 percent in Pottawattamie County, 48.1 percent in Shelby County. This page sits under Pottawattamie County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Shelby?
$63,654. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $162,500. Median gross rent is $840 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Shelby figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pottawattamie County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Shelby.
Is zoning published for Shelby?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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