About Eidson

Eidson is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 875 people and just one neighborhood, Eidson is the 328th largest community in Tennessee.

When you are in Eidson, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.6% of Eidson's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Eidson is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eidson who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.56%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (8.91%), and healthcare (8.58%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.84% 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.

In Eidson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Eidson is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Eidson, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.39% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Eidson 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.

Eidson Information and Demographics

In Eidson, just 7.90% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Eidson in 2000 was $10,179, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $40,716 for a family of four.

The people who call Eidson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Eidson is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Eidson include Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Irish.

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