Tellico Plains is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 781 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tellico Plains is the 305th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tellico Plains is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.05% of the Tellico Plains workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tellico Plains is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tellico Plains who work in teaching (13.11%), sales jobs (8.20%), and office and administrative support (7.49%). 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, Tellico Plains has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tellico Plains a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Tellico 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.In terms of college education, Tellico Plains is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.96% of adults 25 and older in Tellico Plains have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tellico Plains in 2022 was $24,544, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,176 for a family of four. However, Tellico Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Tellico Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tellico Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Tellico Plains include English, Irish, German, European, and Greek. The most common language spoken in Tellico Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
