Bell Buckle vs Shelbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Buckle and Shelbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Buckle and Shelbyville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shelbyville has the higher population (24,125 vs 654 in Bell Buckle). Bell Buckle has the higher median household income ($83,452 vs $52,290 in Shelbyville). Bell Buckle has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $224,700 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
Population	654	24,125
Median age	31.1 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,452	$52,290
Median home value	$321,400	$224,700
Median gross rent	$1,406	$935
Housing units	235	9,245
Homeownership rate	78.2%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
Population	544 → 654 (+20.2%)	21,591 → 24,125 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $83,452 (+30.9%)	$41,716 → $52,290 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $321,400 (+87.4%)	$124,500 → $224,700 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,406 (+41.4%)	$768 → $935 (+21.7%)

Bell Buckle

Population

544654

Median household income

$63,750$83,452

Median home value

$171,500$321,400

Median gross rent

$994$1,406

Shelbyville

Population

21,59124,125

Median household income

$41,716$52,290

Median home value

$124,500$224,700

Median gross rent

$768$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
Under 5	12.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	27.8%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	2.0%	4.9%
75 and over	3.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	54.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	29.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
No high school diploma	9.5%	21.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
Drove alone	61.9%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
1-unit, detached	98.7%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bell Buckle	Shelbyville
Poverty rate	8.3%	20.3%
Average household size	2.83	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1984	1986