Springville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,709 people and two associated neighborhoods, Springville is the 124th largest community in Tennessee.Springville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Springville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Springville who work in office and administrative support (10.43%), management occupations (10.04%), and sales jobs (7.50%). A relatively large number of people in Springville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Another notable thing is that Springville is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. 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!) Springville 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. Springville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Springville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Springville may be for you. Being a small town, Springville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Springville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.95% of adults in Springville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Springville in 2022 was $31,809, 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 $127,236 for a family of four. However, Springville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Springville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Springville include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and French. The most common language spoken in Springville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
