Portland vs Shackle Island

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

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

Portland has the higher population (13,325 vs 4,164 in Shackle Island). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $72,380 in Portland). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $256,400 in Portland).

Population, income & housing

	Portland	Shackle Island
Population	13,325	4,164
Median age	33.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,380	$131,944
Median home value	$256,400	$467,500
Median gross rent	$1,100	—
Housing units	5,190	1,470
Homeownership rate	63.5%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portland	Shackle Island
Population	12,729 → 13,325 (+4.7%)	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$55,722 → $72,380 (+29.9%)	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $256,400 (+77.4%)	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,100 (+29.4%)	—

Portland

Population

12,72913,325

Median household income

$55,722$72,380

Median home value

$144,500$256,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,100

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)

	Portland	Shackle Island
Under 5	9.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	24.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portland	Shackle Island
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	87.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portland	Shackle Island
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portland	Shackle Island
Drove alone	79.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	17.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portland	Shackle Island
1-unit, detached	71.3%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Portland	Shackle Island
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1995	1991