Bethpage vs Shackle Island

A side-by-side comparison of Bethpage and Shackle Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Bethpage and Shackle Island are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shackle Island has the higher population (4,164 vs 493 in Bethpage). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $98,180 in Bethpage). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $211,000 in Bethpage).

Population, income & housing

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
Population	493	4,164
Median age	25.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,180	$131,944
Median home value	$211,000	$467,500
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	177	1,470
Homeownership rate	57.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
Population	355 → 493 (+38.9%)	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$79,301 → $98,180 (+23.8%)	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $211,000 (+22.7%)	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)

Bethpage

Population

355493

Median household income

$79,301$98,180

Median home value

$171,900$211,000

Shackle Island

Population

3,1124,164

Median household income

$112,857$131,944

Median home value

$313,400$467,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	26.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	20.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.7%	24.1%
55 to 64	20.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.7%
75 and over	2.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
Drove alone	87.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
1-unit, detached	75.7%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bethpage	Shackle Island
Poverty rate	40.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	39
Median year structure built	1959	1991