City safety & data profile

ShelbyvilleTN

Shelbyville, TN is a 21K-resident city in Bedford County with a median household income of $55,073.

Bedford County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Shelbyville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Shelbyville has a population larger than 47% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $244,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 48%
By size
$55,073
Median income (place)
$244,000
Median home (place)
20.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Shelbyville

Shelbyville posts a median household income higher than 15% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Shelbyville area.

Bottom 16%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Shelbyville

Where Shelbyville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$55,073 Bottom 15% higher than 15% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Shelbyville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Shelbyville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Shelbyville sits inside Bedford County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.48°N, -86.46°W. Population 21,317, $55,073 median household income. Median home value $244,000, median rent $1,056. Poverty rate 20.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Shelbyville, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.7% of Shelbyville, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Shelbyville runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.8% of Shelbyville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 19.3% in Shelbyville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Shelbyville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Shelbyville's median age is 31.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Shelbyville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
21,317
Shelbyville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$55,073
-38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$244,000
-41% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bedford County): Shelbyville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
52K+15%
Median Income
$67,225+65%
Median Home Value
$281,200+145%
Poverty Rate
12.6%-37%
Unemployment
4.2%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Shelbyville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,056/mo
Poverty Rate
20.7% +67% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 13.1%
Work From Home 6.8%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 59%
African American 9.8%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
46%
Short Sleep Duration
41.2%
High Blood Pressure
38.7%
Physical Inactivity
32.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.4%
Current Smoking
20.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
19.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.7%
Diabetes
14.1%
Binge Drinking
14.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 51.4%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.8%
Stroke
3.8%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
VANDERBILT BEDFORD HOSPITAL
SHELBYVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Shelbyville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Shelbyville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-SHELBYVILLE-TN · Shelbyville

Shelbyville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Shelbyville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Shelbyville, TN? ▼
Shelbyville, TN has a population of 21,317 people, located in Bedford County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Shelbyville? ▼
The median household income in Shelbyville, TN is $55,073 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.7%.
What is the median home value in Shelbyville? ▼
The median home value in Shelbyville, TN is $244,000. Median rent is $1,056/month.
What are the top health concerns in Shelbyville? ▼
The top health indicators in Shelbyville include Obesity (46%), Short Sleep Duration (41.2%), High Blood Pressure (38.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Shelbyville? ▼
Shelbyville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Shelbyville? ▼
The median age in Shelbyville, TN is 31.8 years. 13.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Shelbyville, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (20.7% here).

Providence, RI 20.7% Chelsea, MA 20.7% Socorro, TX 20.7% Corcoran, CA 20.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($55,073 here).

Marshall, TX $55,089 Crawfordsville, IN $55,033 Van Wert, OH $55,113 Cloverleaf, TX $54,994

Compare Shelbyville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Tullahoma, TN 19K Lewisburg, TN 11K Murfreesboro, TN 165K Manchester, TN 11K Smyrna, TN 47K Spring Hill, TN 36K La Vergne, TN 35K Columbia, TN 37K
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Using Shelbyville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Shelbyville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Shelbyville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bedford County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.