Lavinia is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 81 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lavinia is the 391st largest community in Tennessee. Lavinia has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Lavinia, where the median household income is .

The overall crime rate in Lavinia is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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, Lavinia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lavinia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Lavinia, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Lavinia is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Lavinia, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Lavinia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Lavinia ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lavinia in 2022 was $32,513, 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 $130,052 for a family of four. However, Lavinia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lavinia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lavinia residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lavinia include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

The most common language spoken in Lavinia is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.