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Gadsden, TN

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Overview


Gadsden is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 474 people and just one neighborhood, Gadsden is the 339th largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Gadsden, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.36% of Gadsden’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gadsden is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gadsden who work in sales jobs (12.65%), healthcare (10.24%), and office and administrative support (9.04%).

A relatively large number of people in Gadsden telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.54% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Gadsden 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. Gadsden has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gadsden than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gadsden may be for you.

In Gadsden, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Gadsden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Gadsden have a very low rate of college education: just 7.83% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Gadsden in 2022 was $32,013, 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 $128,052 for a family of four. However, Gadsden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gadsden is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gadsden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gadsden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gadsden include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Gadsden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Vietnamese.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 41 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.7% of America.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 15.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Tennessee. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Gadsden are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Gadsden, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.2%), and residents who report Native American roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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