† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupShelbyville, TNTennesseeUnited States
American16.5%11.3%5.3%
English9.7%13.3%9.5%
Irish8.8%9.3%9.4%
German8.7%9.1%12.5%
Italian1.7%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%1.7%—
Scottish1.1%2.2%1.3%
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Mexican12.6%3.8%11.3%
Guatemalan2.2%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.2%——
African American†5.8%14.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median age
37.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$67,225
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.6%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.2%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.1%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
12.5%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Shelbyville, TN
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
3.2%
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
30.0%
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.8%
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Shelbyville, TN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+18.0%
1896
+9.1%
1900
+22.8%
1904
+22.6%
1908
+16.0%
1912
+21.4%
1916
+32.1%
1920
+3.0%
1924
+31.4%
1928
+4.3%
1932
+56.4%
1936
+64.6%
1940
+63.2%
1944
+56.3%
1948
+37.7%
1952
+25.1%
1956
+33.1%
1960
+25.5%
1964
+42.3%
1968
+6.5%
1972
−23.8%
1976
+40.6%
1980
+27.2%
1984
−2.2%
1988
−9.1%
1992
+18.8%
1996
+9.8%
2000
+1.8%
2004
−22.5%
2008
−33.5%
2012
−40.3%
2016
−52.7%
2020
−51.9%
2024
−58.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.5%Harris4,122
78.5%Trump15,772
0.6%Kennedy117 +4
R+58.0
R+6.1
R+56.5
20,090
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican78.5%15,772
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic20.5%4,122
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.6%117
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%37
Jay J BowmanIndependent0.1%25
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%13
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%4
R
23.3%Biden4,453
75.2%Trump14,354
1.5%
R+51.9
D+0.8
R+56.3
19,088
R
22.1%Clinton3,395
74.8%Trump11,486
3.1%
R+52.7
R+12.4
R+54.8
15,355
R
29.2%Obama4,211
69.5%Romney10,034
1.4%
R+40.3
R+6.8
R+44.2
14,445
R
32.4%Obama5,027
65.9%McCain10,217
1.7%
R+33.5
R+11.0
R+40.7
15,507
R
38.4%Kerry5,268
60.9%Bush8,351
0.6%
R+22.5
R+24.3
R+20.0
13,706
D
50.3%Gore6,136
48.4%Bush5,911
1.3%
D+1.8
R+7.9
D+1.3
12,207
D
50.8%Clinton5,735
41.1%Dole4,634
8.1%
D+9.8
R+9.0
D+1.2
11,284
D
52.3%Clinton5,978
33.6%Bush3,836
14.1%
D+18.8
D+27.8
D+13.2
11,421
R
45.3%Dukakis4,046
54.3%Bush4,856
0.4%
R+9.1
R+6.9
R+1.3
8,939
R
48.4%Mondale4,499
50.5%Reagan4,699
1.1%
R+2.2
R+29.4
D+16.1
9,296
D
62.5%Carter5,987
35.2%Reagan3,377
2.3%
D+27.2
R+13.4
D+37.0
9,583
D
69.8%Carter7,228
29.2%Ford3,023
1.0%
D+40.6
D+64.4
D+38.5
10,357
R
35.9%McGovern2,565
59.7%Nixon4,262
4.3%
R+23.8
R+30.3
R+0.6
7,135
O
28.8%Humphrey2,416
22.3%Nixon1,870
48.9%
Wallace +20.1
R+35.8
D+7.2
8,385
D
71.2%Johnson5,610
28.8%Goldwater2,272
0.0%
D+42.3
D+16.8
D+19.8
7,882
D
62.3%Kennedy4,457
36.8%Nixon2,633
0.9%
D+25.5
R+7.6
D+25.3
7,152
D
66.2%Stevenson4,517
33.1%Eisenhower2,258
0.7%
D+33.1
D+8.0
D+48.5
6,825
D
62.6%Stevenson4,362
37.4%Eisenhower2,611
0.0%
D+25.1
R+12.6
D+35.9
6,973
D
55.6%Truman2,393
17.9%Dewey771
26.4%
D+37.7
R+18.6
D+33.2
4,301
D
77.8%Roosevelt2,651
21.5%Dewey733
0.7%
D+56.3
R+6.9
D+48.8
3,407
D
81.3%Roosevelt2,499
18.1%Willkie555
0.7%
D+63.2
R+1.4
D+53.3
3,074
D
82.0%Roosevelt2,428
17.4%Landon514
0.6%
D+64.6
D+8.3
D+40.4
2,961
D
78.1%Roosevelt2,264
21.7%Hoover630
0.1%
D+56.4
D+52.1
D+38.6
2,898
D
52.2%Smith1,532
47.8%Hoover1,405
0.0%
D+4.3
R+27.1
D+21.8
2,937
D
64.6%Davis1,799
33.2%Coolidge925
2.2%
D+31.4
D+28.4
D+56.6
2,784
D
51.5%Cox2,182
48.5%Harding2,056
0.0%
D+3.0
R+29.2
D+29.2
4,238
D
66.1%Wilson2,578
33.9%Hughes1,324
0.0%
D+32.1
D+10.7
D+29.0
3,903
D
59.4%Wilson2,305
38.0%Taft1,474
2.6%
D+21.4
D+5.5
D+1.9
3,881
D
57.9%Bryan1,996
41.9%Taft1,446
0.1%
D+16.0
R+6.6
D+25.5
3,447
D
61.1%Parker2,063
38.5%Roosevelt1,301
0.3%
D+22.6
R+0.3
D+42.2
3,375
D
60.7%Bryan2,176
37.9%McKinley1,357
1.5%
D+22.8
D+13.7
D+30.4
3,585
D
53.3%Bryan2,596
44.2%McKinley2,151
2.5%
D+9.1
R+8.8
D+15.2
4,867
D
56.6%Cleveland2,154
38.6%Harrison1,470
4.9%
D+18.0
—
D+16.3
3,809
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
20.8%4,067
77.1%15,098
19,580
2020
R
21.0%3,808
76.7%13,920
18,153
2018
R
30.1%3,929
68.6%8,942
13,033
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Shelbyville, TN
Year
Total registered
2016
24,887
2018
23,813
2020
27,107
2022
28,506
2024
30,759
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+502 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +5,825 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Shelbyville, TN in Shelbyville, TN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−105
2012
−229
2013
+117
2014
+495
2015
+472
2016
+310
2017
+546
2018
+653
2019
+283
2021
+717
2022
+659
2023
+831
2024
+574
2025
+502
Shelbyville anchors Tennessee's Walking Horse country and has seen its Hispanic population expand significantly over recent decades, reshaping the electorate in a county that otherwise votes reliably Republican by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 58.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.0 points.
A population of 52,237, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,225 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tullahoma-Manchester, TN and Russellville, AL.
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In 2024, Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 58.0 points (R+58.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,090 votes cast, 4,122 went Democratic and 15,772 went Republican.
When did Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 52,237 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee is $67,225 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Shelbyville, TN, Tennessee from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
