Gallatin vs Shackle Island

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

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

Gallatin has the higher population (46,667 vs 4,164 in Shackle Island). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $73,589 in Gallatin). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $343,700 in Gallatin).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
Population	46,667	4,164
Median age	37.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,589	$131,944
Median home value	$343,700	$467,500
Median gross rent	$1,299	—
Housing units	19,689	1,470
Homeownership rate	58.2%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
Population	38,156 → 46,667 (+22.3%)	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$59,745 → $73,589 (+23.2%)	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $343,700 (+54.3%)	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,299 (+35.0%)	—

Gallatin

Population

38,15646,667

Median household income

$59,745$73,589

Median home value

$222,800$343,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,299

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)

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
Under 5	5.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	24.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.7%
75 and over	7.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	16.0%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
Drove alone	74.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	17.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
1-unit, detached	59.2%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin	Shackle Island
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	2002	1991