Ooltewah is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 684 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ooltewah is the 313th largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in Ooltewah was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ooltewah economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ooltewah, where the median household income is $62,292.00. Ooltewah real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Ooltewah house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ooltewah is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.15% of the Ooltewah workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ooltewah is a town of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ooltewah who work in management occupations (24.20%), personal care services (14.59%), and food service (9.25%). A relatively large number of people in Ooltewah telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ooltewah has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ooltewah has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ooltewah than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ooltewah may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Ooltewah doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Ooltewah citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.74% of adults in Ooltewah have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ooltewah in 2022 was $43,641, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,564 for a family of four. However, Ooltewah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ooltewah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ooltewah residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ooltewah include English, German, Irish, French Canadian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Ooltewah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and African languages.
