Hartsville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 12,271 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hartsville is the 56th largest community in Tennessee.Hartsville is a blue-collar town, with 39.25% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Hartsville is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartsville who work in office and administrative support (15.32%), sales jobs (7.46%), and healthcare (6.98%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Hartsville 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. Hartsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartsville may be for you. In Hartsville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Hartsville is a small city, 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 people in Hartsville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.13% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hartsville in 2022 was $26,692, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,768 for a family of four. However, Hartsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hartsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hartsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hartsville include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Hartsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
