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Census Tract 55, Shelby, TN

1,752 Population
1.3 square miles 1,352.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±14.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Memphis: 34.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Shelby County: 35.7 ±0.1

Economics

$11,702 ±$2,292 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Memphis: $28,258 ±$856
  • about one-third of the amount in Shelby County: $33,287 ±$576
$18,214 ±$7,277 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Memphis: $43,981 ±$871
  • about one-third of the amount in Shelby County: $55,015 ±$863

55.7% ±21.6% (976  ±482) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Memphis: 24.2% 149,869 (±0.9% / ±5,736)
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 18.6% 169,223 (±0.6% / ±5,809)

35.6 minutes ±7.2 (16,755  ±6,425) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Memphis: 21.7 5,728,050 (±0.2 / ±98,924)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Shelby County: 22.8 9,041,725 (±0.2 / ±116,197)

Families

812 ±198 Number of households
  • Memphis: 249,554 ±2,078
  • Shelby County: 354,736 ±1,816
2.2 ±0.4 (1,749  ±535) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Memphis: 2.5 619,974 (±0 / ±996)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 2.6 913,406 (±0 / ±1,081)

3.6% ±6.2% (13  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Memphis: 4.9% 7,888 (±0.4% / ±591)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 4.5% 10,337 (±0.3% / ±780)

Housing

1,255 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Memphis: 290,177 ±1,680
  • Shelby County: 400,662 ±437

$47,700 ±$21,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Memphis: $113,700 ±$2,746
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Shelby County: $170,200 ±$2,344

2.8% ±3.2% (48  ±57.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Memphis: 14.6% 91,077 (±0.7% / ±4,621.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Shelby County: 13.6% 124,987 (±0.7% / ±5,948.7)

Social

71.9% ±28.4% (886  ±220.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Memphis: 86.6% 357,118 (±1.1% / ±4,910.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 89.3% 545,369 (±1% / ±5,973.7)
7.5% ±5.5% (93  ±73.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Memphis: 27.1% 111,700 (±0.7% / ±2,917.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shelby County: 33.3% 203,456 (±0.6% / ±3,714.5)

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

1% ±1.5% (17  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Memphis: 6.1% 38,962 (±0.3% / ±1,875)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Shelby County: 6.7% 61,827 (±0.2% / ±2,140)

3% ±3% (39  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Memphis: 6.1% 28,708 (±0.3% / ±1,389)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 6.9% 47,674 (±0.3% / ±1,822)
39 Total veterans ±41 4 Male ±6 35 Female ±40

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