Idaho · Census place 1673450

Shelley, Idaho

Shelley is a city in Bingham County, Idaho with an estimated 5,262 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,262
#36 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+8.7%
+421 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
2,298 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Shelley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Shelley population, 2020 to 2024

Shelley added 421 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.7%. In the latest year it moved by +63. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Shelley is 31% of it.

4,84120205,03520215,13120225,19920235,2622024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,794. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shelley covers 2.29 square miles of land, for 2,298 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Shelley is close to the typical town.

What county Shelley is in

All of Shelley's residents live in Bingham County, which had 50,889 residents in 2024. Shelley holds 10.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shelley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shelley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83274. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Shelley is

The Census internal point of Shelley is at 43.379600, -112.123000. Boise, the capital, is 205.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Idaho Falls, ID (69,523 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 180.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.379600, -112.123000
DMS
43°22'46.56"N 112°07'22.80"W
UTM
12N 409031.3E 4803582.5N
Geohash
9x8qb9482
Plus code
85M99VHG+RR

Daylight in Shelley

At 43.38° N, Shelley gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shelley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Idaho Falls, 8.8 miles away, with 69,523 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shelley, ID?

5,262 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 421 (8.7%) from 4,841 in July 2020.

What county is Shelley in?

Bingham County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Shelley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83274.

How far is Shelley from Boise?

205.7 miles (331.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Shelley.

What is the nearest larger city to Shelley?

Idaho Falls, ID, with 69,523 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.