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Shelbyville, TN

24,661 Population
19.3 square miles 1,277.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±1.5 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
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,611 ±$1,611 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $32,163 ±$1,425
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,073 ±$6,533 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $67,225 ±$4,697
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±5.1% (4,967  ±1,232) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 12.6% † 6,476 (±2.3% / ±1,199)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±2.8 (298,350  ±37,008) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 28.4 618,545 (±1.5 / ±43,052)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,089 ±373 Number of households
  • the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 19,505 ±302
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (24,003  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 2.6 51,478 (±0 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±3.6% (493  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 6.8% † 818 (±2.4% / ±283)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,498 ±365 Number of housing units
  • the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 20,488 ±47
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,000 ±$16,097 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: $281,200 ±$10,735
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.6% ±4.2% (4,498  ±1,005.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 12% † 6,198 (±2.2% / ±1,122.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±5.7% (11,985  ±959.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 85.3% 29,420 (±3.8% / ±1,335.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±3% (2,004  ±458.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 17.2% † 5,921 (±1.9% / ±665.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

15.3% ±2.6% (3,772  ±639) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 8.6% 4,510
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.1% (779  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shelbyville, TN Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,433 (±0.9% / ±357)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
779 Total veterans ±200 745 Male ±201 34 Female ±42

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