Montana · Census place 3067450
Shelby, Montana
Shelby is a city in Toole County, Montana with an estimated 3,273 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 23rd largest of 55 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,273
- #23 of 55 in Montana
- Change since 2020
- +3.5%
- +112 people
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 566 / sq mi
- State median 2,232
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Shelby population, 2020 to 2024
Shelby added 112 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Shelby covers 5.78 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 566 people per square mile of land. The median Montana place of 5,000+ has 2,232, so Shelby is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shelby is in
All of Shelby's residents live in Toole County, which had 5,153 residents in 2024. Shelby holds 63.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shelby
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shelby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 59474. 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 Shelby is
The Census internal point of Shelby is at 48.502100, -111.862000. Helena, the capital, is 132.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Great Falls, MT (60,013 people), 73.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Billings, MT, 243.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.502100, -111.862000
- DMS
- 48°30'7.56"N 111°51'43.20"W
- UTM
- 12N 436325.4E 5372467.8N
- Geohash
- c887yt894
- Plus code
- 85WCG42Q+R6
Daylight in Shelby
At 48.50° N, Shelby gets about 16 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shelby
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Montana, measured between internal points. The closest is Conrad, 23.0 miles away, with 2,395 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shelby, MT?
3,273 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 112 (3.5%) from 3,161 in July 2020.
What county is Shelby in?
Toole County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shelby?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 59474.
How far is Shelby from Helena?
132.6 miles (213.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Shelby.
What is the nearest larger city to Shelby?
Great Falls, MT, with 60,013 residents, 73.8 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.
- 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.