McEwen is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,686 people and just one neighborhood, McEwen is the 241st largest community in Tennessee.
Unlike some cities, McEwen isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in McEwen are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, McEwen is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in McEwen who work in office and administrative support (12.16%), sales jobs (12.16%), and management occupations (11.87%).
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, McEwen is worth considering.
One downside of living in McEwen is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In McEwen, the average commute to work is 36.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, McEwen doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of McEwen are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.85% of adults in McEwen have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in McEwen in 2022 was $43,652, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,608 for a family of four. However, McEwen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McEwen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McEwen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McEwen include English, Irish, European, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in McEwen is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
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.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 3.7% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 95.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
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 McEwen are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.7% of America'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, 38.1% 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 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 9.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.9%).
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 McEwen, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.