Shackle IslandTN
A town of 4,404. Public schools that outperform most of Tennessee.
Is Shackle Island a good place to live?
Shackle Island gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $540K for a typical one, or 6.3 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income. It grades B+ overall, ranked 24th of 175 in Tennessee. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, its public schools beat 93% of Tennessee towns on state tests and graduation. Shackle Island’s mean commuting time is 41 minutes, against 25 minutes in Tennessee’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 2 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse.
What makes Shackle Island stand out
Where Shackle Island beats most towns.
Shackle Island has grown 17% from 2010 to 2020
2,844 counted in 2010 and 3,331 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Shackle Island grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Shackle Island is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nissan Stadium and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shackle Island. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaNissan Stadium
13 mi TheatreRyman Auditorium
19 mi MuseumParthenon
11 mi MuseumThe Hermitage
18 mi Stadium & arenaBridgestone Arena
19 mi Stadium & arenaFirstBank StadiumPhoto credits
Nissan Stadium: Kaldari, CC0 · Ryman Auditorium: Unknown, CC0 · Parthenon: Mayur Phadtare, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Hermitage: Jim Bowen from Zhenhai, China, CC BY 2.0 · Bridgestone Arena: EVula, CC BY 3.0 · FirstBank Stadium: Mhar564, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Shackle Island: who provides what
Shackle Island is unincorporated, so Sumner County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Shackle Island.
Shackle Island pairs an A for schools with modest home prices and looks healthier within Tennessee than nationally, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Tennessee.
For schools, Shackle Island earns an A
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $540K.
Its three schools are below. The public schools here belong to the Sumner County school district. The largest public high school is Beech Sr High School, with 1,477 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. W. Hunter Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 532 | A+ |
| Beech Sr High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,477 | B |
| Beech ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 407 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
More middle-aged adults than Tennessee overall
The median household earns $130,125, against $69,595 across Tennessee, one input to its B+ for jobs and income.
A quarter of Shackle Island residents are under 18. Adults 35 to 64 are 52% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide). For Shackle Island, the age of the median resident is 46.1 years. Among adults 25 and older, 35% have a four-year degree or more, against 31% across Tennessee.
| Shackle Island | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.1 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49.4% women, 50.6% men
About 103 men for every 100 women. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Shackle Island | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.3% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.5% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 24.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.4% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.5% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.2% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,400, single groups can be off by several points
About two in five of Shackle Island’s working residents commute to Nashville
Shackle Island has 129 jobs for its 1,594 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 41 minutes, against 25.7 across Tennessee.
For working residents in Shackle Island, the share who work locally is 0.8%. The town had 129 jobs in 2023, up 38 from 2013. Also worth knowing: the middle household income in the town is $130,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles.
| Shackle Island | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $130,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 14% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Shackle Island is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Shackle Island, 61% come from inland flooding and 15% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Shackle Island
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 29° and about 5 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Shackle Island is healthier than 54% of U.S. towns
Within Tennessee it is healthier than 80% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Tennessee is tooth loss: 8.6% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.6% statewide.
In Shackle Island, just over a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work. The town beats the Tennessee average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of adults in the town have been diagnosed with depression; 10% worry about having enough food.
| Shackle Island | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 29% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Shackle Island | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.6% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 16.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Shackle Island sell for about $1.08M
At 6.3 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 86% of Tennessee towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $2,235, against $1,442 across Tennessee, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Shackle Island
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Shackle Island
About 1 of every 100 Shackle Island residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
99% of working residents leave Shackle Island for work
Where Shackle Island’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shackle Island
Census-designated place in Tennessee, United States
Shackle Island is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 3,331 as of the 2020 census Shackle Island is in central Tennessee, north of Nashville near the Kentucky border.
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- Area
- 5.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 518 ft
Shackle Island’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Shackle Island.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shackle Island | #24 | B+ | B | — | A | B− |
| Hendersonville | #27 | B+ | C− | B+ | A | B+ |
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Questions about Shackle Island
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shackle Island, TN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Shackle Island grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #24 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades B− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Shackle Island, TN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $540,000, 63% above the Tennessee typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.