Shelbyville vs Tenaha

A side-by-side comparison of Shelbyville and Tenaha: population, income, housing, and more.

Shelbyville and Tenaha are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tenaha has the higher population (1,098 vs 187 in Shelbyville). Since 2019, Shelbyville's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -8.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
Population	187	1,098
Median age	17.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$30,484
Median home value	—	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$549
Housing units	59	460
Homeownership rate	32.2%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
Population	198 → 187 (-5.6%)	1,198 → 1,098 (-8.3%)
Median household income	—	$24,485 → $30,484 (+24.5%)
Median home value	—	$65,600 → $91,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $549 (+25.3%)

Shelbyville

Population

198187

Tenaha

Population

1,1981,098

Median household income

$24,485$30,484

Median home value

$65,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$438$549

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	51.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	29.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	17.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	48.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	83.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
Drove alone	43.7%	61.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	56.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
1-unit, detached	100.0%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.9%

Poverty & households

	Shelbyville	Tenaha
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.1%
Average household size	3.17	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	—	1983