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August 21, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Shelbyville, TN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Shelbyville: a median closing price of $284,950 across 210 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Shelbyville, TN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Shelbyville, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Shelbyville sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 210
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $284,950
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $192
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $225,000 and $335,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 210 closed sales in Shelbyville over the last six months, with a median closing price of $284,950. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $225,000 and $335,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 90% of the Shelbyville closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 209 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $161 and $214 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Shelbyville, TN (October 2026)

The median home price in Shelbyville is $284,950, measured across the 210 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $225,000 and $335,000.

Where Shelbyville sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Shelbyville
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $225k to $335k
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$110k to $184k: 24 sales$110k$184k to $258k: 44 sales$258k to $332k: 74 sales74sales$258k$332k to $406k: 33 sales$406k to $480k: 14 sales$406kMedian $285k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Shelbyville over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $225,000 and $335,000. Among the 70 Tennessee markets with a published band, Shelbyville's middle-half spread ($225,000 to $335,000) ranks 11th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 22nd percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Shelbyville monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $190 per square foot across 45 sales$190MayJun 2026: $202 per square foot across 43 sales$202JunJul 2026: $189 per square foot across 31 sales$189JulAug 2026: $201 per square foot across 27 sales$201AugSep 2026: $170 per square foot across 17 sales$170Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 46 days, across 71 Shelbyville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 34 days, across 71 Shelbyville closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 210 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Shelbyville angle

The Shelbyville quartile spread is close to typical for the markets we track and the median sits near the middle of it, which is the friendliest arrangement for a quick first estimate. Across 210 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months the median closed sale price was $284,950, with the middle half of sales closing between $225,000 and $335,000. Start from that median, then move deliberately on the strength of matched closings rather than assumptions about the property.

Shelbyville market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Shelbyville ZIP codes: 37160.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Shelbyville address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Shelbyville, TN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4767760
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 210
Median sold price: $284,950
Median sold $/sqft: $192 (209 qualifying)
Property mix: 90% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Shelbyville over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Shelbyville city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 22% of the 210 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $300,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Shelbyville?

The median sold price in Shelbyville over the last 6 months is $284,950, measured across 210 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Shelbyville last month?

Resideline has tracked 17 closed sales in Shelbyville in September 2026 so far, out of 210 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Shelbyville?

The middle half of Shelbyville sales over the last six months closed between $225,000 and $335,000, with a median of $284,950.

What is the typical price per square foot in Shelbyville?

Among qualifying Shelbyville closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $192, measured across 209 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What does the Shelbyville quartile band tell me about pricing risk?

That it is moderate. The width of the $225,000 to $335,000 band is close to typical for the markets we track and $284,950 sits near the middle of it, so a citywide anchor is a fair opening move that matched closings refine rather than overturn. The real constraint is depth: closings are thinner than most markets we track, so keep the filters that change the answer and drop the ones that only make the screen look rigorous.

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