Shackle Island vs Walnut Grove

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

Shackle Island and Walnut Grove 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 576 in Walnut Grove). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $123,063 in Walnut Grove). Walnut Grove has the higher median home value ($476,400 vs $467,500 in Shackle Island).

Population, income & housing

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
Population	4,164	576
Median age	47.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$131,944	$123,063
Median home value	$467,500	$476,400
Housing units	1,470	290
Homeownership rate	92.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
Population	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)	925 → 576 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)	$61,786 → $123,063 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)	$181,000 → $476,400 (+163.2%)

Shackle Island

Population

3,1124,164

Median household income

$112,857$131,944

Median home value

$313,400$467,500

Walnut Grove

Population

925576

Median household income

$61,786$123,063

Median home value

$181,000$476,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
Under 5	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	2.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	24.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	25.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	14.8%
75 and over	7.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	76.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	9.4%
Other means	1.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	99.7%	85.9%
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	0.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Shackle Island	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	39	35
Median year structure built	1991	1993