Shelbyville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 24,452 people and five associated neighborhoods, Shelbyville is the 29th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Shelbyville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.69% of the Shelbyville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Shelbyville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shelbyville who work in office and administrative support (10.51%), sales jobs (8.43%), and maintenance occupations (6.46%). Also of interest is that Shelbyville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Shelbyville, just 12.95% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Shelbyville in 2022 was $22,905, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,620 for a family of four. However, Shelbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Shelbyville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Shelbyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shelbyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Shelbyville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shelbyville include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Shelbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
