Heiskell is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,545 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Heiskell is the 134th largest community in Tennessee.

Heiskell is a blue-collar town, with 37.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Heiskell is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Heiskell who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.61%), sales jobs (9.33%), and food service (5.56%).

Heiskell 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 Heiskell, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.89% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Heiskell Information and Demographics

In Heiskell, just 11.53% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Heiskell in 2000 was $15,665, 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 $62,660 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Heiskell is English.