Hickory Valley is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 80 people and just one neighborhood, Hickory Valley is the 392nd largest community in Tennessee.
Hickory Valley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hickory Valley is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hickory Valley who work in office and administrative support (34.55%), sales jobs (18.18%), and teaching (16.36%).
Hickory Valley’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hickory Valley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hickory Valley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Hickory Valley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Hickory Valley are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.22% of adults in Hickory Valley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Hickory Valley in 2022 was $22,793, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,172 for a family of four.
Hickory Valley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hickory Valley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hickory Valley residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hickory Valley include English, Irish, French, European, and German.
The most common language spoken in Hickory Valley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Hickory Valley are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.7% 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, 37.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.0%), and 15.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Hickory Valley, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.2%), and residents who report German roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (2.5%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (80.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (9.2%) and 7.9% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.