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Shelbyville, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shelbyville, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 28,025. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SHELBYVILLE-KY · Shelbyville, KY 1 ZIPs · 28,025 pop · #10043/25278 · Shelby County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $77,869
  • RANK-UPPER #10043/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Waddy
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-SMALL 28,025
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $280,500

Nearest income peer: Waddy, KY (+ $13,917 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Shelbyville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shelbyville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Shelbyville, KY sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 40%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
28,025
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$77,869
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 40065 (28,025 residents). Household income $77,869 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (68.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shelbyville as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Pleasureville is the closest lower-income city and Belton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shelbyville.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 40065, is all of Shelbyville

There is no split to weigh here: 40065 holds every one of Shelbyville's 28,025 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Shelbyville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 721 establishments, 10,469 employees , annual payroll $535,930k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 40065 (721 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (104) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Shelbyville, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Shelby County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shelbyville. See the Shelby County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Shelby County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shelbyville, Simpsonville, Waddy and Bagdad among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Finchville marks the far end of that range at $98,333, 26% above Shelbyville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
40065 28,025 $77,869 721 61
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Shelbyville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Shelbyville, .