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District 4, Shelby County, TN

78,872 Population
45.8 square miles 1,723.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 35.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,991 ±$3,014 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Shelby County: $37,666 ±$731
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$113,040 ±$6,699 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Shelby County: $62,337 ±$1,088
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

5.4% ±1.7% (4,248  ±1,314) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Shelby County: 17.5% 158,883 (±0.8% / ±6,796)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

23 minutes ±1.3 (748,750  ±61,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 22.5 8,580,585 (±0.3 / ±138,790)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

30,425 ±1,135 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 360,590 ±1,611
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.6 ±0.1 (78,279  ±2,836) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 907,192 (±0 / ±154)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.6% ±1.7% (990  ±306) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 4.7% 10,733 (±0.4% / ±904)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

32,247 ±1,025 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 403,144 ±152
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$382,400 ±$10,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shelby County: $229,700 ±$3,570
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

12.6% ±1.8% (9,830  ±1,454.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 12.8% 116,730 (±0.7% / ±6,095.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

97% ±1.5% (52,319  ±2,044.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 89.8% 545,148 (±1% / ±6,024.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
60.2% ±1.8% (32,489  ±1,520.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 34.2% 207,531 (±0.7% / ±3,924.6)
  • about double 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

8.7% ±1.2% (6,860  ±945) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% 69,652
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.8% ±1% (3,962  ±587) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 6.3% 43,134 (±0.3% / ±1,848)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
3,962 Total veterans ±587 3,716 Male ±567 246 Female ±122

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