Oneida is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,815 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oneida is the 149th largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Oneida, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.01% of Oneida’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Oneida is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Oneida who work in management occupations (13.26%), teaching (9.50%), and sales jobs (6.18%). 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!) Oneida 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. Oneida has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oneida than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oneida may be for you. Oneida 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 Oneida with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.15% of adults in Oneida have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Oneida in 2022 was $29,178, 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 $116,712 for a family of four. However, Oneida contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Oneida home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oneida residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Oneida include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Oneida is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
