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Rossville, TN
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Living in Rossville



Rossville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,124 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rossville is the 275th largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Rossville, 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 Rossville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Rossville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Rossville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $117,500.00.

Rossville home prices are not only among the most expensive in Tennessee, but Rossville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Rossville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Because of many things, Rossville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Rossville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Rossville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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

In Rossville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.12 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

The overall education level of Rossville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.76% of adults in Rossville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Rossville in 2018 was $54,382, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $217,528 for a family of four.

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

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


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