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Shackle Island is a small town of 4,404 people in Sumner County, Tennessee. It's about 21 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $540k and rent runs about $1k a month.
4,404people
$540kTypical home
$1,424/moRent
89° / 46°Summer / winter
3"Snow
232Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,404
- Part of a metro area
- About 795 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Nashville, TN
- 21 mi to Nashville, TN
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $540k (≈$3,408/mo)
- Median rent $1,424/mo
- Median household income $130k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (179 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (520 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 36% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to BNA airport
- 18 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 171 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 98% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 522 ft
- 398 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 104 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 26 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,020 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 133 bars within 25 mi
- 322 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 38 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 10% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Sumner County: R+42 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.