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District 5, Shelby County, TN

70,033 Population
28.8 square miles 2,427.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 35.9 ±0.1
  • 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

$37,825 ±$2,156 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $39,083 ±$742
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,324 ±$2,422 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $63,767 ±$1,251
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±2.5% (9,676  ±1,738) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 17.8% 160,934 (±0.7% / ±5,871)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22 minutes ±1 (661,615  ±52,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 22.3 8,323,655 (±0.3 / ±139,343)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,952 ±1,034 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 362,741 ±1,701
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (66,672  ±3,236) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 904,517 (±0 / ±232)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±1.6% (979  ±284) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 4.8% 11,007 (±0.5% / ±1,099)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

28,565 ±964 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 404,333 ±259
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$238,900 ±$9,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $249,100 ±$4,330
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±3.5% (10,327  ±2,467.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 12.4% 112,575 (±0.6% / ±5,805.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±2.3% (39,271  ±1,761.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 89.9% 544,082 (±1.1% / ±6,787.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.6% ±2% (16,566  ±1,082.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 34.3% 207,558 (±0.7% / ±4,022.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about the same as 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

14.1% ±1.5% (9,881  ±1,147) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 7.9% 72,296
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±0.9% (2,700  ±444) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.9% 40,311 (±0.3% / ±1,925)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,700 Total veterans ±444 2,125 Male ±330 575 Female ±247

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