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Whitwell, TN
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Living in Whitwell



Whitwell is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,612 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitwell is the 242nd largest community in Tennessee.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.91% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

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

One downside of living in Whitwell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.27 minutes every day commuting to work.

Whitwell is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Whitwell have a very low rate of college education: just 7.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Whitwell in 2022 was $27,068, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,272 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Whitwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitwell include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

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


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