† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupShelbyvilleKentuckyUnited States
German14.9%12.7%12.5%
English14.7%14.5%9.5%
Irish13.8%11.0%9.4%
American8.4%11.5%5.3%
Scottish2.7%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.1%0.8%—
Italian1.7%2.0%4.8%
French1.6%1.1%1.6%
Mexican9.1%2.4%11.3%
Guatemalan3.2%0.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.1%0.5%1.8%
Cuban1.9%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.5%—0.3%
Salvadoran0.5%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.5%——
African American†4.4%6.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.6%—0.4%
Senegalese0.5%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Shelbyville
Kentucky
United States
Median age
34.8
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
11.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.2%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shelbyville
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$75,610
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.5%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.7%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shelbyville
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
17.3%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
15.2%
3.4%
13.6%
Other languages
1.0%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shelbyville
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Shelbyville, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.1%
2008
−9.2%
2012
−10.2%
2016
−17.0%
2020
−10.9%
2024
−19.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
39.3%Harris2,656
58.5%Trump3,951
2.1%
R+19.2
R+8.3
R+17.7
6,751
R
43.5%Biden2,880
54.4%Trump3,599
2.1%
R+10.9
D+6.2
R+15.3
6,616
R
38.5%Clinton2,236
55.6%Trump3,224
5.9%
R+17.0
R+6.8
R+19.1
5,802
R
44.2%Obama2,384
54.5%Romney2,935
1.3%
R+10.2
R+1.0
R+14.1
5,388
R
44.7%Obama2,274
53.9%McCain2,741
1.4%
R+9.2
D+10.9
R+16.5
5,088
R
39.8%Kerry1,734
59.8%Bush2,610
0.4%
R+20.1
—
R+17.6
4,361
Shelbyville sits at the edge of Louisville's expanding commuter zone, where rapid population growth has drawn younger, suburban households into a county that has trended decisively toward Republican margins in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 20.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.2 points.
A population of 17,668, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,610 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dickson and Grain Valley.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Shelbyville, Kentucky voted Republican by 19.2 points (R+19.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,751 votes cast, 2,656 went Democratic and 3,951 went Republican.
How many people live in Shelbyville, Kentucky?
Shelbyville, Kentucky has a population of 17,668 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelbyville, Kentucky?
Median household income in Shelbyville, Kentucky is $75,610 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Shelbyville, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shelbyville, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
