Hendersonville vs Shackle Island

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

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

Hendersonville has the higher population (62,390 vs 4,164 in Shackle Island). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $91,503 in Hendersonville). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $396,500 in Hendersonville).

Population, income & housing

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
Population	62,390	4,164
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,503	$131,944
Median home value	$396,500	$467,500
Median gross rent	$1,552	—
Housing units	26,328	1,470
Homeownership rate	71.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
Population	57,083 → 62,390 (+9.3%)	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$72,539 → $91,503 (+26.1%)	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$266,100 → $396,500 (+49.0%)	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,173 → $1,552 (+32.3%)	—

Hendersonville

Population

57,08362,390

Median household income

$72,539$91,503

Median home value

$266,100$396,500

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,552

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)

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
Under 5	5.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	24.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.7%
75 and over	6.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	21.4%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
Drove alone	75.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
1-unit, detached	73.0%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hendersonville	Shackle Island
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	29	39
Median year structure built	1989	1991