Shackle Island vs Westmoreland

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

Shackle Island and Westmoreland 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 2,735 in Westmoreland). Shackle Island has the higher median household income ($131,944 vs $58,750 in Westmoreland). Shackle Island has the higher median home value ($467,500 vs $228,400 in Westmoreland).

Population, income & housing

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
Population	4,164	2,735
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$131,944	$58,750
Median home value	$467,500	$228,400
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	1,470	1,033
Homeownership rate	92.8%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
Population	3,112 → 4,164 (+33.8%)	2,874 → 2,735 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$112,857 → $131,944 (+16.9%)	$41,179 → $58,750 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$313,400 → $467,500 (+49.2%)	$132,400 → $228,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$824 → $971 (+17.8%)

Shackle Island

Population

3,1124,164

Median household income

$112,857$131,944

Median home value

$313,400$467,500

Westmoreland

Population

2,8742,735

Median household income

$41,179$58,750

Median home value

$132,400$228,400

Median gross rent

$824$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
Under 5	1.9%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	24.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	93.6%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
No high school diploma	4.4%	14.7%
High school graduate	23.2%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
Drove alone	76.9%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	11.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
1-unit, detached	99.7%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Shackle Island	Westmoreland
Poverty rate	7.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	1991	1989