Shelbyville, TN

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2023 Population
51,291
1.5% 1-year growth
US Senator
Marsha Blackburn
Republican Party
US Senator
Bill Hagerty
Republican Party
2023 Median Age
37.6
0.792% 1-year decrease
2023 Poverty Rate
13.6%
9.77% 1-year increase
2023 Median Household Income
$62,197
3.74% 1-year growth
2023 Median Property Value
$255,300
15.4% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
24,108
3.35% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Shelbyville, TN had a population of 51.3k people with a median age of 37.6 and a median household income of $62,197. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Shelbyville, TN grew from 50,533 to 51,291, a 1.5% increase and its median household income grew from $59,955 to $62,197, a 3.74% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Shelbyville, TN are White (Non-Hispanic) (73.2%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (7.14%), White (Hispanic) (6.37%), Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) (4.96%), and Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) (2.88%).

None of the households in Shelbyville, TN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

94.2% of the residents in Shelbyville, TN are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Shelbyville, TN are Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville (343 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2023, the median property value in Shelbyville, TN was $255,300, and the homeownership rate was 70.2%.

Most people in Shelbyville, TN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Shelbyville, TN was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Shelbyville, TN is home to a population of 51.3k people, from which 94.2% are citizens. As of 2023, 7.15% of Shelbyville, TN residents were born outside of the country (3.67k people).

In 2023, there were 10.3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (37.6k people) in Shelbyville, TN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.66k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.27k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

94.2%
2023 Citizenship
95.2%
2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 94.2% of Shelbyville, TN residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Shelbyville, TN was 95.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Shelbyville, TN
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    37.6k ± 89
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    3.66k ± 361
  3. White (Hispanic)
    3.27k ± 950
15.5%
Hispanic Population
7.97k people

In 2023, there were 10.3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (37.6k people) in Shelbyville, TN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.66k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.27k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

15.5% of the people in Shelbyville, TN are hispanic (7.97k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Shelbyville, TN as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    96,695 ± 7,581 people
  2. Guatemala
    27,777 ± 4,084 people
  3. India
    24,683 ± 3,850 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Tennessee was Mexico, the natal country of 96,695 Tennessee residents, followed by Guatemala with 27,777 and India with 24,683.

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Foreign-Born Population

7.15%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
3.67k people
6.41%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
3.24k people

As of 2023, 7.15% of Shelbyville, TN residents (3.67k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Shelbyville, TN was 6.41%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    1,019 ± 217
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    616 ± 200
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    284 ± 136

Shelbyville, TN has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.65 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Shelbyville, TN employs 24.1k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Shelbyville, TN were Manufacturing (4,507 people), Retail Trade (2,763 people), and Construction (2,601 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($108,243), Utilities ($88,958), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($61,458).

Employment

Occupations

24.1k
2023 Value
± 1,390
3.35%
1 Year growth
± 7.84%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Shelbyville, TN grew at a rate of 3.35%, from 23.3k employees to 24.1k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Shelbyville, TN, are Production Occupations (2,813 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,768 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (2,041 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Shelbyville, TN.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

24.1k
2023 Value
± 1,390
3.35%
1 Year growth
± 7.84%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Shelbyville, TN grew at a rate of 3.35%, from 23.3k employees to 24.1k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Shelbyville, TN, are Manufacturing (4,507 people), Retail Trade (2,763 people), and Construction (2,601 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Shelbyville, TN, though some of these residents may live in Shelbyville, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$44,934
Median earning men ± $2,358
$33,875
Median earning women ± $3,156

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($82,989), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($58,485), and Public Administration ($57,610).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Information ($60,951), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,661), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($60,221).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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3.15%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.29M people employed in Tennessee. This represents a 3.15% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Tennessee.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 88
    Retail Trade
  2. 63
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  3. 63
    Construction

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The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $205k
    Manufacturing
  2. $132k
    Transportation and Warehousing
  3. $80.1k
    Construction

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Tennessee went to Donald J. Trump with 64.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.703%).

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing the state of Tennessee. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (64.2%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (34.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (0.703%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Tennessee went to Donald J. Trump with 64.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.703%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Tennessee for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Tennessee

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Marsha Blackburn
Senator from Tennessee1
Assumed office on January 3, 2019
Bill Hagerty
Senator from Tennessee2
Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing Tennessee.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Tennessee over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Tennessee

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Tennessee have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Shelbyville, TN awarded 343 degrees. The student population of Shelbyville, TN in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 448 male students and 96 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Shelbyville, TN are White (286 and 84.1%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (24 and 7.06%), Black or African American (12 and 3.53%), and Unknown (9 and 2.65%).

The largest universities in Shelbyville, TN by number of degrees awarded are Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville (343 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Shelbyville, TN are Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance Technology (85 and 24.8%), Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (50 and 14.6%), and Truck, Bus, & Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor (41 and 12%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 544 students enrolled in Shelbyville, TN, 82.4% men and 17.6% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 423 records, of which 16.8% were women and 83.2% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. HVAC Maintenance
    23 degrees awarded
  2. Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
    48 degrees awarded
  3. Electrician
    25 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Shelbyville, TN was HVAC Maintenance with 23 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Shelbyville, TN according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
343 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville with 343 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 268 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Shelbyville, TN, which is 3.57 times more than the 75 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 286 degrees mean that there were 11.9 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 24 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2023, 0.917% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.783% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2023 were High School or Equivalent (1.75M), Some college (1.18M), and Bachelors Degree (984k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Shelbyville, TN was $255,300 in 2023, which is 0.841 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $221,200 to $255,300, a 15.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Shelbyville, TN is 70.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65%.

People in Shelbyville, TN have an average commute time of 27.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Shelbyville, TN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$255,300
Median Property Value 2023
±$10,743
$13,301
Median Property Taxes
±$939

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Shelbyville, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Shelbyville, TN compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

70.2%
Homeownership
2023
63.4%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

In 2023, 70.2% of the housing units in Shelbyville, TN were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 70.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$62,197
Median Household Income
± $3,116
19k
Number of Households
± 1,269

In 2023, the median household income of the 19k households in Shelbyville, TN grew to $62,197 from the previous year's value of $59,955.

The following chart displays the households in Shelbyville, TN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Shelbyville, TN is from Tennessee.
0.459
2023 Wage GINI in Tennessee
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2023, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.619% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tennessee in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (75.3%)
  2. Carpooled (14.5%)
  3. Worked At Home (8.25%)

In 2023, 75.3% of workers in Shelbyville, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (14.5%) and those who worked at home (8.25%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

27.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Shelbyville, TN have a longer commute time (27.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 2.37% of the workforce in Shelbyville, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Shelbyville, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Shelbyville, TN have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

13.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Shelbyville, TN (6.86k out of 50.4k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Shelbyville, TN is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

86.7% of the population of Shelbyville, TN has health coverage, with 42.8% on employee plans, 15.9% on Medicaid, 10.3% on Medicare, 16.5% on non-group plans, and 1.23% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Tennessee see 1,437 patients per year on average, which represents a 2.42% increase from the previous year (1,403 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1779 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 532 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.7% were men and 49.3% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,437 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Tennessee

Primary care physicians in Tennessee see an average of 1,437 patients per year. This represents a 2.42% increase from the previous year (1,403 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Tennessee in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27% under 18 years, 20.4% between 18 and 34 years, 38.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.7% were men and 49.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

13.3%
Uninsured
42.8%
Employer Coverage
15.9%
Medicaid
10.3%
Medicare
16.5%
Non-Group
1.23%
Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Shelbyville, TN declined by 4.07% from 13.8% to 13.3%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Shelbyville, TN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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