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The median home value in Shelby County, IL is $169,443 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.41% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$169,443
Year-over-Year
+5.41%
National Rank
#2334 of 3071
Shelby County ranks 41st out of 102 counties in IL by median home price, and is -27.7% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IL, the typical county has a median home value of $160,090, making Shelby County +5.8% above the IL state median.
Households here earn a median of $72,095 a year against a typical home value of $169,443 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.4×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 10% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Shelby County recorded a violent crime rate of 70 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 241 per 100,000.
Based on 4 reporting cities covering 9,940 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Shelby County is $169,443. That's up 5.41% from a year earlier. That is about 27.7% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Shelby County the 41st most expensive of 102 counties in Illinois.
Median household income here is $72,095, so a typical home costs about 2.4× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Shelby County recorded 70 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 9,940 residents across 4 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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