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Shelby County School District, TN

714,580 Population
526.5 square miles 1,357.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 36.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,724 ±$1,878 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $39,656 ±$1,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,642 ±$2,015 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $64,995 ±$2,371
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

22.4% ±1.8% (157,238  ±12,987) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 19% 169,833 (±1.5% / ±13,527)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.9 minutes ±0.6 (6,442,575  ±271,099) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 22.5 8,445,950 (±0.6 / ±286,353)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

289,035 ±4,496 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 359,692 ±4,101
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (702,335  ±6,386) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 896,694 (±0 / ±944)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.4% ±1.2% (9,994  ±2,169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 5.2% † 11,695 (±1% / ±2,262)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

332,642 ±2,987 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 406,999 ±394
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$231,200 ±$9,427 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $286,100 ±$8,195
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±1.4% (89,974  ±9,709.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 11.8% 105,761 (±1.1% / ±10,112.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.5% ±2.5% (408,041  ±12,636.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 89.2% 536,119 (±2.3% / ±13,696)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29.5% ±1.5% (137,497  ±7,036.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 34.2% 205,450 (±1.3% / ±7,829.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.9% ±0.9% (56,506  ±6,099) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 8.4% 76,436
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±0.6% (27,197  ±3,311) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 5.5% † 37,353 (±0.6% / ±3,754)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,197 Total veterans ±3,311 23,115 Male ±2,848 4,082 Female ±1,269

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