Shelley is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 5,110 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shelley is the 38th largest community in Idaho.Shelley is a blue-collar town, with 36.36% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Shelley is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelley who work in sales jobs (12.22%), management occupations (9.86%), and office and administrative support (8.17%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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%: 20.17% of the adults in Shelley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Shelley in 2022 was $31,180, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,720 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, followed by Asian. Shelley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shelley include English, German, Danish, Welsh, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Shelley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
