Shelbyville vs Unionville

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

Shelbyville and Unionville 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 1,751 in Unionville). Unionville has the higher median household income ($76,671 vs $52,290 in Shelbyville). Unionville has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $224,700 in Shelbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Unionville
Population	24,125	1,751
Median age	32.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,290	$76,671
Median home value	$224,700	$260,300
Median gross rent	$935	$687
Housing units	9,245	614
Homeownership rate	48.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Unionville
Population	21,591 → 24,125 (+11.7%)	2,109 → 1,751 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$41,716 → $52,290 (+25.3%)	$56,845 → $76,671 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $224,700 (+80.5%)	$140,100 → $260,300 (+85.8%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $935 (+21.7%)	$534 → $687 (+28.7%)

Shelbyville

Population

21,59124,125

Median household income

$41,716$52,290

Median home value

$124,500$224,700

Median gross rent

$768$935

Unionville

Population

2,1091,751

Median household income

$56,845$76,671

Median home value

$140,100$260,300

Median gross rent

$534$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Unionville
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	5.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Unionville
No high school diploma	21.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Unionville
Drove alone	70.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	21.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbyville	Unionville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Unionville
Poverty rate	20.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.69	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1986	1995