Shackle IslandTN
Public schools that outperform most of Tennessee. With 4,404 residents, it is a town in Tennessee.
Is Shackle Island a good place to live?
Shackle Island grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns. It ranks 24th of 175 in Tennessee. Its strongest is schools: its public schools beat 93% of Tennessee towns on state tests and graduation. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $130K. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too (C−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. A typical home there costs about $540K, 6.3 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
How Shackle Island grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Shackle Island is from typical.
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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
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.
Just over a third of Shackle Island adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 35 to 64 are 52% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (23% statewide). In Shackle Island, the age of the median resident is 46.1 years, against 40 years in Tennessee’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns.
| 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 Shackle Island, the mean commuting time is 41 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Also worth knowing: in Shackle Island, 6.7% of residents live below the poverty line. The town had 129 jobs in 2023, up 38 from 2013.
| Shackle Island | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 41 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| 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
In Shackle Island, the midsummer high is 89°F, close to Tennessee’s towns (89°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F).
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.
For adults in Shackle Island, the share who get no exercise outside work is 21%. 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 $704K
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.
Homes sold in Shackle Island spent a median 42 days on the market. Only 8 of the 177 Tennessee towns we compare have a higher home-ownership rate than Shackle Island.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Shackle Island
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
11 mi MuseumThe Hermitage
19 mi MuseumParthenon
18 mi Stadium & arenaBridgestone Arena
19 mi Stadium & arenaFirstBank StadiumPhoto credits
Nissan Stadium: Kaldari, CC0 · Ryman Auditorium: Unknown, CC0 · The Hermitage: Jim Bowen from Zhenhai, China, CC BY 2.0 · Parthenon: Mayur Phadtare, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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.
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
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.
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.
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