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, Whitwell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitwell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Whitwell is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Whitwell, the average commute to work is 43.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Whitwell doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Whitwell, just 7.05% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Whitwell in 2022 was $27,642, 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 $110,568 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitwell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whitwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitwell include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Whitwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
