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Shelley, ID
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Living in Shelley



Shelley is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 5,110 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Shelley is the 38th largest community in Idaho.

A relatively large number of people in Shelley telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.31% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The percentage of adults in Shelley who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.55% of the adults in Shelley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Shelley in 2018 was $26,577, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,308 for a family of four. However, Shelley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Shelley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shelley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shelley residents report their race to be White. Shelley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.41% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shelley include English, German, Danish, Welsh, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Shelley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.


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