About Ten Mile

Ten Mile is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,085 people and just one neighborhood, Ten Mile is the 180th largest community in Tennessee.

Ten Mile is a blue-collar town, with 46.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ten Mile is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ten Mile who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.75%), sales jobs (8.44%), and food service (6.82%).

One downside of living in Ten Mile, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.00 minutes every day commuting to work.

Ten Mile is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Ten Mile 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. 100% 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.

As is often the case in a small town, Ten Mile doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ten Mile Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Ten Mile with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ten Mile in 2000 was $14,705, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $58,820 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Ten Mile is English.