Best PlacesShelbyville, IN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shelbyville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Shelbyville ranks 1,462nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shelbyville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Shelbyville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shelbyville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 81% of cities
- Short commute21.4 minutes each way, better than 80% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of cities
Where Shelbyville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Household income$67,556 median, better than only 18% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Shelbyville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shelbyville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,556, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Shelbyville's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shelbyville
Shelbyville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shelbyville.
Who works in Shelbyville, and how
Work in Shelbyville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Shelbyville
Shelbyville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Shelbyville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Shelbyville, month by month
Shelbyville sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 73° | 58° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Shelbyville
Indianapolis International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.2 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Shelbyville
Schools across Shelbyville average a B−, better than 45% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Waldron Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Triton Central Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Thomas A Hendricks Elementary SchB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Triton Central Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Shelbyville Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Benjamin Rush Middle SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Triton Central High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Morristown Jr-sr High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Rushville Consolidated High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shelbyville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shelbyville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Shelbyville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Shelbyville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Shelbyville
Is Shelbyville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shelbyville ranks 1,462nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, cheap car insurance, and state infrastructure, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shelbyville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,313. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $67,556 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Shelbyville safe?
Shelbyville is safer than 52% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Shelbyville?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 23. That works out to about 54 pleasant days a year, more than 1% of cities.
Is Shelbyville good for families?
Schools beat 45% of cities, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $874 a month.
Compare Shelbyville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shelbyville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shelbyville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Shelbyville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shelbyville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shelbyville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shelbyville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shelbyville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shelbyville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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