About Bell Buckle

Bell Buckle is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 505 people and just one neighborhood, Bell Buckle is the 355th largest community in Tennessee. Bell Buckle has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Bell Buckle is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bell Buckle is a town of sales and office workers, managers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bell Buckle who work in management occupations (15.30%), office and administrative support (13.97%) and sales jobs (10.26%).

A relatively large number of people in Bell Buckle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.43% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Bell Buckle is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bell Buckle a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bell Buckle has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bell Buckle’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Bell Buckle, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.21 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Bell Buckle Information and Demographics

The education level of Bell Buckle citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.89% of adults in Bell Buckle have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bell Buckle in 2010 was $25,396, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,584 for a family of four. However, Bell Buckle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bell Buckle is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bell Buckle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bell Buckle residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bell Buckle include English, Irish, Greek, German, Welsh and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Bell Buckle is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

Bell Buckle, TN Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO TN*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	82.72%	2.66%	4	4
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				* 10 is highest

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