McDonald is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 586 people and two associated neighborhoods, McDonald is the 325th largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in McDonald was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Also of interest is that McDonald has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In addition, McDonald is a college town. There are a lot of students in McDonald attending college, and as a result McDonald provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
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, McDonald has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes McDonald a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
McDonald is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of McDonald citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.34% of adults in McDonald have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in McDonald in 2022 was $33,379, 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 $133,516 for a family of four. However, McDonald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call McDonald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McDonald residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in McDonald include English, Scots-Irish, German, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in McDonald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.