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Ethridge, TN

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Overview


Ethridge is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 557 people and just one neighborhood, Ethridge is the 330th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ethridge, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ethridge, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ethridge’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ethridge does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $54,911.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ethridge is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.19% of the Ethridge workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ethridge is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ethridge who work in healthcare (19.78%), office and administrative support (10.82%), and teaching (8.96%).

A relatively large number of people in Ethridge telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.33% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in Ethridge, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.54 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Ethridge who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.35% of the adults in Ethridge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ethridge in 2022 was $19,638, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,552 for a family of four. However, Ethridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ethridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ethridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ethridge include English, Irish, German, French Canadian, and Italian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Ethridge, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Ethridge are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 41.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.4% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (16.7%).

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 Ethridge, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Arab ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (31.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.2%) 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 (13.5%) . 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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