McDonald is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 586 people and two associated neighborhoods, McDonald is the 325th largest community in Tennessee. McDonald has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.When you are in McDonald, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.93% of McDonald’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, McDonald is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in McDonald who work in sales jobs (14.41%), healthcare (13.10%), and maintenance occupations (5.46%). Also of interest is that McDonald has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, McDonald has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McDonald a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. McDonald is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of McDonald are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.84% of adults in McDonald having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in McDonald in 2022 was $34,033, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,132 for a family of four. However, McDonald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McDonald is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McDonald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McDonald residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McDonald include English, German, Scots-Irish, Dutch, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in McDonald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.
