Millersville vs Shackle Island

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

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

Millersville has the higher population (5,885 vs 4,164 in Shackle Island). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $70,411 in Millersville). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $280,800 in Millersville).

Population, income & housing

	Millersville	Shackle Island
Population	5,885	4,164
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,411	$131,944
Median home value	$280,800	$467,500
Median gross rent	$1,336	—
Housing units	2,578	1,470
Homeownership rate	65.1%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millersville	Shackle Island
Population	6,350 → 5,885 (-7.3%)	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$65,063 → $70,411 (+8.2%)	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$186,300 → $280,800 (+50.7%)	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,336 (+42.0%)	—

Millersville

Population

6,3505,885

Median household income

$65,063$70,411

Median home value

$186,300$280,800

Median gross rent

$941$1,336

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)

	Millersville	Shackle Island
Under 5	5.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	24.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.7%
75 and over	5.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millersville	Shackle Island
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	87.1%
Black or African American	8.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millersville	Shackle Island
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millersville	Shackle Island
Drove alone	76.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	17.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millersville	Shackle Island
1-unit, detached	71.0%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Millersville	Shackle Island
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	1993	1991