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Cornersville, TN

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Overview


Cornersville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,283 people and just one neighborhood, Cornersville is the 267th largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Cornersville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.69% of Cornersville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Cornersville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cornersville who work in office and administrative support (20.00%), healthcare (6.76%), and management occupations (4.69%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Cornersville 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. Cornersville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cornersville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cornersville may be for you.

One downside of living in Cornersville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.16 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Cornersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Cornersville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.41% of adults in Cornersville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cornersville in 2018 was $33,120, 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 $132,480 for a family of four. However, Cornersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cornersville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.61% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Cornersville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cornersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cornersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cornersville include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and French.

The most common language spoken in Cornersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 36 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Cornersville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 41.2% 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 23.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Cornersville, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report German roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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