Tennessee · Census place 4767760
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee with an estimated 25,792 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 25,792
- #29 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +9.0%
- +2,140 people
- Land area
- 19.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,336 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Shelbyville population, 2020 to 2024
Shelbyville added 2,140 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +510. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Shelbyville is 2.1 times that size.
Shelbyville covers 19.31 square miles of land, for 1,336 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Shelbyville is denser than the typical town.
What county Shelbyville is in
All of Shelbyville's residents live in Bedford County, which had 54,228 residents in 2024. Shelbyville holds 47.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shelbyville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shelbyville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37160. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Shelbyville is
The Census internal point of Shelbyville is at 35.501500, -86.451700. Nashville, the capital, is 49.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murfreesboro, TN (168,387 people), 24.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.501500, -86.451700
- DMS
- 35°30'5.40"N 86°27'6.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 549726.4E 3928798.0N
- Geohash
- dn69bwzg1
- Plus code
- 867MGG2X+J8
Daylight in Shelbyville
At 35.50° N, Shelbyville gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shelbyville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Lynchburg, Moore County, 15.6 miles away, with 6,773 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shelbyville, TN?
25,792 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,140 (9.0%) from 23,652 in July 2020.
What county is Shelbyville in?
Bedford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shelbyville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37160.
How far is Shelbyville from Nashville?
49.5 miles (79.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Shelbyville.
What is the nearest larger city to Shelbyville?
Murfreesboro, TN, with 168,387 residents, 24.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.