Illinois · Census place 1769186
Shelbyville, Illinois
Shelbyville is a city in Shelby County, Illinois with an estimated 4,540 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 351st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,540
- #351 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.4%
- -110 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 0.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,094 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Shelbyville population, 2020 to 2024
Shelbyville lost 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Shelbyville covers 4.15 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,094 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Shelbyville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shelbyville is in
All of Shelbyville's residents live in Shelby County, which had 20,542 residents in 2024. Shelbyville holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shelbyville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shelbyville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62565. 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 Shelbyville is
The Census internal point of Shelbyville is at 39.410300, -88.799700. Springfield, the capital, is 52.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pana, IL (5,034 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 52.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.410300, -88.799700
- DMS
- 39°24'37.08"N 88°47'58.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 345059.9E 4363854.8N
- Geohash
- dp0b5q6j9
- Plus code
- 86FHC662+44
Daylight in Shelbyville
At 39.41° N, Shelbyville gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shelbyville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Windsor, 11.1 miles away, with 1,037 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shelbyville, IL?
4,540 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 110 (2.4%) from 4,650 in July 2020.
What county is Shelbyville in?
Shelby County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shelbyville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62565.
How far is Shelbyville from Springfield?
52.0 miles (83.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Shelbyville.
What is the nearest larger city to Shelbyville?
Pana, IL, with 5,034 residents, 15.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.