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Census Tract 223.21, Shelby, TN

4,105 Population
1.6 square miles 2,503.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Memphis: 34.2 ±0.3
  • 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

Economics

$23,311 ±$5,007 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Memphis: $33,100 ±$933
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Shelby County: $39,083 ±$742
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$55,909 ±$19,518 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Memphis: $51,736 ±$1,072
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $63,767 ±$1,251
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

24.4% ±13.5% (987  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Memphis: 23.1% 139,965 (±0.9% / ±5,261)
  • about 1.4 times 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)

22.7 minutes ±8.7 (32,265  ±8,453) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent 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

1,472 ±134 Number of households
  • Memphis: 253,120 ±1,828
  • Shelby County: 362,741 ±1,701
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.8 ±0.4 (4,092  ±713) 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

12% ±9.7% (99  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Memphis: 5.2% † 8,219 (±0.6% / ±954)
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 4.8% 11,007 (±0.5% / ±1,099)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

1,547 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Memphis: 289,887 ±1,402
  • Shelby County: 404,333 ±259
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$96,300 ±$14,552 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

5.2% ±3.4% (208  ±141.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Memphis: 13.6% 82,819 (±0.7% / ±4,437.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 12.4% 112,575 (±0.6% / ±5,805.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

91.3% ±10.9% (2,184  ±385.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Memphis: 87.2% 352,802 (±1.3% / ±5,417.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 89.9% 544,082 (±1.1% / ±6,787.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
14.2% ±6.7% (339  ±165.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Memphis: 28% 113,378 (±0.8% / ±3,139.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 34.3% 207,558 (±0.7% / ±4,022.9)
  • about half 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

0.5% ±0.8% (20  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Memphis: 7.7% 47,615 (±0.4% / ±2,395)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 7.9% 72,296
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

2.9% ±2.3% (79  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Memphis: 5.2% 23,827 (±0.3% / ±1,443)
  • about half the rate in Shelby County: 5.9% 40,311 (±0.3% / ±1,925)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
79 Total veterans ±64 79 Male ±64 N/A Female ±14

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