Vonore is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,684 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vonore is the 245th largest community in Tennessee. Vonore real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Vonore house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Vonore isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vonore are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vonore is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vonore who work in management occupations (16.16%), sales jobs (8.41%), and office and administrative support (7.76%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.32% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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!) Vonore 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. Vonore has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vonore than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vonore may be for you. Being a small town, Vonore does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Vonore who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.64% of the adults in Vonore have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vonore in 2022 was $40,146, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,584 for a family of four. However, Vonore contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vonore is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vonore home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vonore residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vonore include Irish, English, German, French, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Vonore is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
