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Shelby County School District, TN

724,785 Population
532.9 square miles 1,360.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 36 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$32,495 ±$1,035 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $36,414 ±$832
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$54,369 ±$2,596 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $62,413 ±$2,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

21.1% ±1.9% (150,134  ±13,844) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 17.7% 158,630 (±1.6% / ±14,205)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

22 minutes ±0.5 (6,612,725  ±234,957) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 22.6 8,603,175 (±0.5 / ±252,950)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)

Families

296,228 ±3,786 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 362,776 ±3,537
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.4 ±0 (711,670  ±4,354) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 894,905 (±0 / ±310)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483

6.8% ±1.3% (12,597  ±2,407) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 6.4% † 14,285 (±1.1% / ±2,472)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

336,480 ±2,509 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 405,147 ±155
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$222,000 ±$8,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $271,000 ±$8,001
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

13.3% ±1.5% (94,674  ±10,684) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 12.2% † 109,086 (±1.2% / ±10,983)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

88.9% ±2.5% (421,594  ±12,346.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 90.3% 542,359 (±2.2% / ±13,300.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
29.8% ±1.4% (141,194  ±6,731.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 34.8% 208,906 (±1.3% / ±7,608)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

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

8% ±0.7% (57,780  ±5,264) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 7.9% 72,194
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020

5.3% ±0.5% (28,626  ±2,757) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.7% 38,478 (±0.5% / ±3,130)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
28,626 Total veterans ±2,757 25,520 Male ±2,578 3,106 Female ±896

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