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Shelby is a small town of 1,700 people in Bolivar County, Mississippi. It's about 92 miles from Memphis, TN. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 51°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $90k and rent runs about $666 a month.
1,700people
$90kTypical home
$666/moRent
92° / 51°Summer / winter
1"Snow
254Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,700
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 622 people per sq mi
- 92 mi to Memphis, TN
- 92 mi to Memphis, TN
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $90k (≈$570/mo)
- Median rent $666/mo
- Median household income $26k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 51°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 254 sunny days a year (124 totally clear)
- 111 cloudy days a year
- 39 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (259 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,858 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 24% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to GLH airport
- 88 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 45 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 161 ft
- 248 mi to the ocean
- 184 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 26 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of Mississippi districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 78 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 74 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bolivar County: D+24 in 2024
- Mississippi: R+23 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk