Orlinda is a tiny city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 981 people and just one neighborhood, Orlinda is the 281st largest community in Tennessee. Orlinda has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Orlinda, where the median household income is $84,643.00.
Orlinda real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Orlinda house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Orlinda is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orlinda is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orlinda who work in management occupations (25.61%), business and financial occupations (11.05%), and office and administrative support (7.72%).
Of important note, Orlinda is also a city of artists. Orlinda has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Orlinda’s character.
The city 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, Orlinda has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Orlinda a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Orlinda, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.99 minutes every day commuting to work.
The citizens of Orlinda are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.20% of adults in Orlinda have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Orlinda in 2022 was $41,522, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,088 for a family of four. However, Orlinda contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Orlinda home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orlinda residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orlinda include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Orlinda is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Orlinda, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 2.8% have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Orlinda are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.9% 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 58.9% of America'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, 36.1% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.9%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% 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 Orlinda, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.1%), and residents who report German roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (5.3%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.9%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.