Shelbyville vs Wartrace

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

Shelbyville and Wartrace 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 737 in Wartrace). Wartrace has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $52,290 in Shelbyville). Shelbyville has the higher median home value ($224,700 vs $181,800 in Wartrace).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
Population	24,125	737
Median age	32.0 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,290	$57,917
Median home value	$224,700	$181,800
Median gross rent	$935	$743
Housing units	9,245	427
Homeownership rate	48.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
Population	21,591 → 24,125 (+11.7%)	661 → 737 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$41,716 → $52,290 (+25.3%)	$43,750 → $57,917 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $224,700 (+80.5%)	$104,700 → $181,800 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $935 (+21.7%)	$750 → $743 (-0.9%)

Shelbyville

Population

21,59124,125

Median household income

$41,716$52,290

Median home value

$124,500$224,700

Median gross rent

$768$935

Wartrace

Population

661737

Median household income

$43,750$57,917

Median home value

$104,700$181,800

Median gross rent

$750$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
Under 5	7.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	8.3%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.9%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
No high school diploma	21.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	42.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
Drove alone	70.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	21.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
1-unit, detached	65.7%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	28.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Wartrace
Poverty rate	20.3%	20.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1986	1961