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Shelbyville is a small city of 17,668 people in Shelby County, Kentucky. It's about 23 miles from Louisville, KY. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 11 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $257k and rent runs about $1k a month.
17,668people
$257kTypical home
$1,033/moRent
88° / 42°Summer / winter
11"Snow
223Sunny days
115Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 17,668
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,770 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to Louisville, KY
- 23 mi to Louisville, KY
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $257k (≈$1,621/mo)
- Median rent $1,033/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (85 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 50 of 90 winter days are gray
- 115 days a year with rain or snow
- 11" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 15 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (49 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (749 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 37% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to SDF airport
- 28 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 73 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1995
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 751 ft
- 427 mi to the ocean
- 172 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 458 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 28 bars within 25 mi
- 113 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 23% of Kentucky districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 10 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Shelby County: R+35 in 2024
- Kentucky: R+31 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk