La Vergne is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 39,281 people and eight associated neighborhoods, La Vergne is the 22nd largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in La Vergne was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local La Vergne economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in La Vergne, where the median household income is $77,531.00.

Also of interest is that La Vergne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in La Vergne, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.17 minutes every day commuting to work.

The citizens of La Vergne are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.74% of adults in La Vergne having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in La Vergne in 2018 was $30,519, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,076 for a family of four. However, La Vergne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Vergne is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vergne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vergne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Vergne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vergne include Irish, English, German, Italian, and African.

Foreign born people are also an important part of La Vergne's cultural character, accounting for 16.25% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in La Vergne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.