Erwin is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,546 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Erwin is the 112nd largest community in Tennessee.

When you are in Erwin, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.9% of Erwin's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Erwin is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Erwin who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.51%), sales jobs (7.21%), and teaching (5.85%).

One of the benefits of Erwin is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.15 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Erwin is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Erwin isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.95% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Erwin 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.

Erwin Information and Demographics

The citizens of Erwin are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.69% of adults in Erwin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Erwin in 2000 was $15,868, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $63,472 for a family of four.

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

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