† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupShelleyIdahoUnited States
English23.4%19.3%9.5%
German9.3%16.5%12.5%
American8.6%5.3%5.3%
Irish4.3%9.5%9.4%
Scottish3.7%3.2%1.3%
Danish3.0%——
Swedish2.5%1.9%—
Welsh1.8%——
Mexican14.3%11.0%11.3%
Spaniard0.5%0.4%—
Costa Rican0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Shelley
Idaho
United States
Median age
30.8
37.6
39.1
Age 18–24
10.4%
9.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.0%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shelley
Idaho
United States
Median household income
$77,563
$77,800
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
10.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.5%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shelley
Idaho
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.4%
11.0%
22.3%
Spanish
12.7%
8.1%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.4%
0.1%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shelley
Idaho
United States
Catholic
—
11.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
12.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Shelley, Idaho
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−70.3%
2008
−63.0%
2012
−70.1%
2016
−55.7%
2020
−64.2%
2024
−66.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
15.4%Harris334
81.5%Trump1,763
3.1%
R+66.0
R+1.9
R+64.6
2,164
R
16.4%Biden351
80.6%Trump1,722
3.0%
R+64.2
R+8.5
R+68.6
2,137
R
12.3%Clinton211
68.0%Trump1,166
19.7%
R+55.7
D+14.4
R+57.8
1,715
R
14.0%Obama245
84.1%Romney1,471
1.9%
R+70.1
R+7.1
R+73.9
1,750
R
16.8%Obama300
79.8%McCain1,423
3.4%
R+63.0
D+7.4
R+70.3
1,783
R
13.5%Kerry240
83.8%Bush1,495
2.7%
R+70.3
—
R+67.9
1,784
Shelley, seat of Bingham County, sits amid southeastern Idaho's potato-farming belt and votes Republican by wide margins in most cycles, reflecting the region's rural, LDS-influenced demographic profile.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 70.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.0 points.
A population of 5,092, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,563 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Roosevelt and Vernal.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Shelley, Idaho voted Republican by 66.0 points (R+66.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,164 votes cast, 334 went Democratic and 1,763 went Republican.
How many people live in Shelley, Idaho?
Shelley, Idaho has a population of 5,092 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelley, Idaho?
Median household income in Shelley, Idaho is $77,563 — below the national median of $80,734. The Idaho state median is $77,800.
What is the political history of Shelley, Idaho?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Shelley, Idaho from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
