Gleason is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,368 people and just one neighborhood, Gleason is the 257th largest community in Tennessee.
Gleason is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gleason is a town of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gleason who work in healthcare (11.25%), management occupations (7.92%), and healthcare suport services (7.45%).
Of important note, Gleason is also a town of artists. Gleason has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Gleason’s character.
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, Gleason has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gleason a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The education level of Gleason citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.61% of adults 25 and older in Gleason have a college degree.
The per capita income in Gleason in 2022 was $28,063, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,252 for a family of four. However, Gleason contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gleason home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gleason residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gleason include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Gleason is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Japanese.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
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 44 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.2% of America.
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 Gleason are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.7%), and 14.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.0%).
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 Gleason, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (6.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report German roots (4.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.8%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.6%) 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 (15.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.