Tracy City - Coalmont is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,347 people and just one neighborhood, Tracy City - Coalmont is the 112th largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tracy City - Coalmont is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.22% of the Tracy City - Coalmont workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tracy City - Coalmont is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tracy City - Coalmont who work in office and administrative support (9.97%), healthcare (8.23%), and sales jobs (7.43%).
The town 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, Tracy City - Coalmont has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tracy City - Coalmont a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Tracy City - Coalmont, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.98 minutes every day commuting to work.
Tracy City - Coalmont 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 citizens of Tracy City - Coalmont are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.22% of adults in Tracy City - Coalmont have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Tracy City - Coalmont in 2022 was $27,009, 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 $108,036 for a family of four. However, Tracy City - Coalmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Tracy City - Coalmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tracy City - Coalmont residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tracy City - Coalmont include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Tracy City - Coalmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 15.3% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, more people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Tracy City - Coalmont are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 10.1% 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 50.5% 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, 45.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.9%), and 15.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% 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 Tracy City - Coalmont, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (79.3%) 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 (16.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.