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Census Tract 205.21, Shelby, TN

3,615 Population
3 square miles 1,209.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.1 ±12.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Memphis: 34.2 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Shelby County: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,457 ±$5,015 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Memphis: $33,100 ±$933
  • about half the amount in Shelby County: $39,083 ±$742
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$37,342 ±$4,705 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Memphis: $51,736 ±$1,072
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Shelby County: $63,767 ±$1,251
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

22.2% ±9% (804  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Memphis: 23.1% 139,965 (±0.9% / ±5,261)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 17.8% 160,934 (±0.7% / ±5,871)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

22.2 minutes ±2.9 (20,695  ±5,543) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Memphis: 21.1 5,267,575 (±0.3 / ±112,385)
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 22.3 8,323,655 (±0.3 / ±139,343)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

1,307 ±243 Number of households
  • Memphis: 253,120 ±1,828
  • Shelby County: 362,741 ±1,701
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.8 ±0.4 (3,615  ±847) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Memphis: 2.4 606,134 (±0 / ±222)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 904,517 (±0 / ±232)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,550 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Memphis: 289,887 ±1,402
  • Shelby County: 404,333 ±259
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$95,300 ±$15,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Memphis: $169,000 ±$3,795
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Shelby County: $249,100 ±$4,330
  • about one-third of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

12.2% ±8% (441  ±307.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Memphis: 13.6% 82,819 (±0.7% / ±4,437.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 12.4% 112,575 (±0.6% / ±5,805.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

84.2% ±8.8% (1,571  ±335.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Memphis: 87.2% 352,802 (±1.3% / ±5,417.3)
  • 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)
11.3% ±6.2% (211  ±121.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Memphis: 28% 113,378 (±0.8% / ±3,139.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Shelby County: 34.3% 207,558 (±0.7% / ±4,022.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

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

5.2% ±4.3% (187  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Memphis: 7.7% 47,615 (±0.4% / ±2,395)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 7.9% 72,296
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

6.1% ±4.8% (123  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Memphis: 5.2% 23,827 (±0.3% / ±1,443)
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 5.9% 40,311 (±0.3% / ±1,925)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
123 Total veterans ±100 111 Male ±94 12 Female ±21

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