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Shelton, CT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shelton, CT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 39,559. 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 SHELTON-CT · Shelton, CT 1 ZIPs · 39,559 pop · #3290/25278 · Fairfield County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $108,185
  • RANK-TOP #3290/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Stratford
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-SMALL 39,559
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $452,600

Nearest income peer: Stratford, CT ( $11,946 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 Shelton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shelton 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, Shelton, CT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
39,559
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,185
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,185 and home value $452,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 41.7%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shelton as a pure owner town.

Within Connecticut, Bozrah is the closest lower-income city and Coventry the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shelton.

Population concentration

Shelton's single ZIP 06484 carries the town

Shelton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 06484 is the entire residential footprint (39,559 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Shelton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,197 establishments, 28,042 employees , annual payroll $2,822,550k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06484 (1,197 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (173) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Shelton, CT

These ZIP codes sit in Fairfield County, which covers 47 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shelton. See the Fairfield County roll-up →

Shelton sits in the lower half of Fairfield County on income: Stamford, Norwalk and Fairfield report more, Bridgeport, Danbury and Stratford report less. Westport marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 131% above Shelton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
06484 39,559 $108,185 1,197 499
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Shelton 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 Shelton, .