City · Shelby County, Missouri

Shelbina, Missouri

Shelbina is a city in Shelby County, Missouri. It has 1,653 residents. Shelbina, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 58 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,600 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #105 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), suicide rate (low) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and primary care physicians (low).

58Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,600 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #105 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,653 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 707.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2967178

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety88#1,837/15,637
Economy32#10,594/15,631
Housing98#331/14,977
Health34#10,308/15,609
Healthcare4#15,095/15,650
Environment74#4,023/15,453
Education71#4,529/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,083/15,650
Community66#5,400/15,651
Leisure & amenities75#3,901/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Shelbina, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Shelby County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high27.0 /10k
100/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Missouri 19.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShelby County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShelby County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShelby County value
Job growth · high5.2%
98/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataShelby County value
Rent as share of income · low20.7%
97/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low17 /100k
1/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
Distance to an emergency room · high20.3 mi
3/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesShelby County value
Primary care physicians · low17 /100k
3/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyShelby County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low35.7%
4/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShelby County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.0% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
7.0% (2015-2019) → 22.4% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.7% (2015-2019) → 20.7% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.6% (2015-2019) → 19.8% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,594 (2015-2019) → $47,500 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.392 (2015-2019) → 0.451 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Shelbina, Missouri improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Rent burden−23 points49.0% → 26.5%
Rent / income−9 points29.7% → 20.7%

Declined1

Uninsured+15 points7.0% → 22.4%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Shelbina, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	17.3 min2020-2024	−2.5 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	78.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Child poverty rate	30.0%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	90.4%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.4512020-2024	+0.058	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$38,5942015-2019	$47,5002020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	19.0%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	−9 points	Improved	92%
Rent-burdened households	49.0%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	−23 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+15 points	Declined	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Shelbina, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Shelbina, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Shelbina, Missouri itself moved +5.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,653 residents (±276)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

658 households (±85)

Shelbina, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k28%†185
$25k–50k22%†145
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

658 households (±85)

Shelbina, Missouri
Missouri share

Own74%486
Rent26%172

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

746 workers (±155)

Shelbina, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone76%565
Carpool11%†82
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Shelby County, the county holding most of Shelbina's residents.

Shelby County has 161 employer establishments, 271 for every 10,000 residents (1.09× the US rate of 248; 1.11× Missouri's), with 1,259 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,868. The Census Bureau also counts 459 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 161; 459 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 271; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,259
Average annual pay: $46,868; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Shelby County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	16	26.9	4.85×More than typical	73	$19,151	—
Gasoline stations	7	11.8	3.63×Too few to compare	71	$27,282	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	11.8	0.64×Too few to compare	41	$17,805	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	10.1	2.01×Too few to compare	27	$36,222	9
Banks and credit unions	6	10.1	3.13×Too few to compare	177	$78,701	—
Truck transportation	6	10.1	2.00×Too few to compare	19	$62,737	23
Full-service restaurants	5	8.4	1.10×Too few to compare	25	$21,680	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	6.7	3.85×Too few to compare	20	$39,900	3
General merchandise stores	4	6.7	3.81×Too few to compare	42	$15,643	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	6.7	1.53×Too few to compare	9	$24,778	6
Legal services	4	6.7	1.25×Too few to compare	10	$14,200	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	5	1.24×Too few to compare	5	$18,800	16

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,942 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Shelbina is mostly in Shelby County.

See federal money in Shelby County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Shelbina, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sam GravesR-MO-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Shelby County51100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Shelby County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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