Tennessee Colony is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 11,665 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tennessee Colony is the 230th largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Tennessee Colony was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Tennessee Colony economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Tennessee Colony, where the median household income is $73,705.00.When you are in Tennessee Colony, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.97% of Tennessee Colony’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Tennessee Colony is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tennessee Colony who work in management occupations (9.91%), office and administrative support (9.28%), and business and financial occupations (7.60%). A relatively large number of people in Tennessee Colony telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.45% 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, Tennessee Colony has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tennessee Colony a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Tennessee Colony 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 Tennessee Colony with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.45% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tennessee Colony in 2022 was $16,717, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,868 for a family of four. However, Tennessee Colony contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tennessee Colony also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 60.17% of its population below the federal poverty line.Tennessee Colony is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tennessee Colony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tennessee Colony residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tennessee Colony also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tennessee Colony include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Tennessee Colony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
