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The median home value in Shelby, MI is $251,150 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$251,150
Year-over-Year
+8.97%
Population
79,985
Shelby ranks #85 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 4.3% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Oceana County, where the county-wide median is $259,672.
Median household income in Shelby is $49,855, so the typical home value is about 5.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Shelby police recorded a violent crime rate of 160 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 543 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Shelby, that value is $251,150. That's up 8.97% from a year earlier. It is about 4.3% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Shelby are cheaper than Oceana County as a whole, where the median is $259,672 — a difference of about 3.3%.
Median household income here is $49,855, so the typical home value is about 5.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Shelby police reported 160 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 79,985. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.