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Shelbyville, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shelbyville, TN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 32,744. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SHELBYVILLE-TN · Shelbyville, TN 1 ZIPs · 32,744 pop · #15492/25278 · Bedford County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $64,800
  • RANK-LOWER #15492/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Petersburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 65% owners
  • POP-SMALL 32,744
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $277,700

Nearest income peer: Petersburg, TN ( $180 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Shelbyville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shelbyville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Shelbyville, TN sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

39th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
32,744
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,800
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $64,800 and poverty 14.9% concentrate in 37160.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (65.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shelbyville as a pure owner town.

Within Tennessee, Woodbury is the closest lower-income city and Auburntown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shelbyville.

Population concentration

Shelbyville's single ZIP 37160 carries the town

Shelbyville is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 37160 is the entire residential footprint (32,744 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Shelbyville's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 725 establishments, 13,120 employees , annual payroll $666,628k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 37160 (725 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (143) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Shelbyville, TN

These ZIP codes sit in Bedford County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shelbyville. See the Bedford County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Bedford County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shelbyville, Bell Buckle, Wartrace and Unionville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Unionville marks the far end of that range at $96,500, 49% above Shelbyville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
37160 32,744 $64,800 725 55
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Shelbyville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Shelbyville, .