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Shelbyville, TN

24,125 Population
19.3 square miles 1,252.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 37.6 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,563 ±$1,639 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $29,468 ±$1,438
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$52,290 ±$5,357 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $62,197 ±$3,116
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

20.3% ±4.2% (4,774  ±997) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 13.6% † 6,862 (±2.2% / ±1,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

26.5 minutes ±2.8 (292,985  ±36,097) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 27.5 599,170 (±1.6 / ±44,225)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

8,759 ±338 Number of households
  • the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 18,953 ±318
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.7 ±0.1 (23,531  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 2.7 50,598 (±0 / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.5% ±3.1% (321  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 5.6% † 654 (±1.8% / ±206)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

9,245 ±314 Number of housing units
  • the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 20,129 ±36
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$224,700 ±$18,648 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $255,300 ±$10,743
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

16.6% ±4.5% (3,947  ±1,075.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 10.9% † 5,516 (±2.3% / ±1,152.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

78.5% ±5.5% (11,795  ±920) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 84.8% 28,944 (±3.5% / ±1,225.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
11.6% ±2.5% (1,741  ±380.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 16.9% 5,774 (±1.6% / ±552)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.6% ±2.1% (3,046  ±512) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 7.2% 3,667
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

4.5% ±1.2% (760  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 6.5% † 2,494 (±0.8% / ±299)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
760 Total veterans ±196 755 Male ±196 5 Female ±12

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