It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Tazewell has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Tazewell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tazewell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tazewell may be for you.
Tazewell is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Tazewell with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.29% of adults in Tazewell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tazewell in 2022 was $25,657, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,628 for a family of four. However, Tazewell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tazewell also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.83% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Tazewell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tazewell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tazewell include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Tazewell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
