About Farragut

Farragut is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 17,879 people and just one neighborhood, Farragut is the 39th largest community in Tennessee.

Farragut is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Farragut is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Farragut who work in management occupations (16.01%), sales jobs (15.18%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.42%).

Also of interest is that Farragut has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Farragut is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Farragut is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Farragut really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Farragut perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For most residents of Farragut, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.9% of people in Farragut drive alone to work on most days, making Farragut a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Farragut's landscape.

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

Farragut Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Farragut. 53.61% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Farragut in 2000 was $35,830, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,320 for a family of four. However, Farragut contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Farragut is English.