Hixson is a medium-sized town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 37,305 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Hixson is the 14th largest community in Tennessee.

Hixson is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hixson is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hixson who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.30%), sales jobs (13.47%), and management occupations (9.96%).

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

"If you live in Hixson, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Hixson residents do (98.7%). Hixson is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Hixson Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Hixson is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 27.85% of adults in Hixson have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hixson in 2000 was $23,549, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,196 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Hixson is English.