Strawberry Plains is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,405 people and three associated neighborhoods, Strawberry Plains is the 199th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some towns, Strawberry Plains isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Strawberry Plains are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Strawberry Plains is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Strawberry Plains who work in management occupations (16.82%), sales jobs (7.32%), and community and social services (6.31%). Also of interest is that Strawberry Plains has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Strawberry Plains telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.03% 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. 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, Strawberry Plains has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Strawberry Plains a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Strawberry Plains is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Strawberry Plains, the average commute to work is 30.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Strawberry Plains 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 percentage of people in Strawberry Plains with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Strawberry Plains in 2022 was $33,604, 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 $134,416 for a family of four. However, Strawberry Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Strawberry Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Strawberry Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Strawberry Plains include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Strawberry Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
