Hilham is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 338 people and just one neighborhood, Hilham is the 356th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hilham, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hilham, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hilham’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hilham does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $76,875.00.
Hilham is a blue-collar town, with 41.88% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hilham is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hilham who work in healthcare (16.25%), office and administrative support (11.25%), and teaching (8.75%).
Because of many things, Hilham is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hilham a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hilham has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hilham’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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!) Hilham 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. Hilham has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hilham than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hilham may be for you.
In Hilham, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Hilham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Hilham, just 12.09% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Hilham in 2022 was $27,215, 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 $108,860 for a family of four. However, Hilham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hilham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hilham residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hilham include English, Scottish, Irish, Italian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Hilham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 41.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.9% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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 14.5% 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.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hilham are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.9% 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 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.5%), and 13.2% 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 99.8% of households.
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 Hilham, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (10.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.1%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.