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Whitwell, TN
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Living in Whitwell


Whitwell is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,616 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitwell is the 242nd largest community in Tennessee.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.91% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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 39.27 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Whitwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Whitwell, just 7.23% 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 $27,068, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,272 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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 English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Whitwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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