Mountain City is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,443 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Mountain City is the 211st largest community in Tennessee.

Unlike some towns, Mountain City isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mountain City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mountain City is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mountain City who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.28%), sales jobs (10.05%), and healthcare (6.26%).

Mountain City is a very car-oriented town. 98.28% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Mountain City is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Mountain City has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Mountain City 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.

Mountain City Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Mountain City with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 9.93% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mountain City in 2000 was $17,202, 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 $68,808 for a family of four.

The people who call Mountain City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mountain City is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mountain City include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Mountain City is English.