Waverly is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,381 people and three associated neighborhoods, Waverly is the 134th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Waverly is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.80% of the Waverly workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Waverly is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waverly who work in office and administrative support (13.29%), management occupations (11.12%), and community and social services (9.88%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Waverly 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. Waverly has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waverly than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waverly may be for you. In Waverly, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Waverly doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Waverly rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.30% of adults 25 and older in Waverly have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Waverly in 2022 was $32,518, 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 $130,072 for a family of four. However, Waverly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Waverly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waverly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waverly include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Waverly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
