Dunlap is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 5,804 people and four associated neighborhoods, Dunlap is the 109th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dunlap is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.27% of the Dunlap workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dunlap is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunlap who work in maintenance occupations (11.32%), sales jobs (9.42%), and food service (6.87%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Dunlap is worth considering. Dunlap 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.The rate of college-level education in Dunlap is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.73% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Dunlap in 2022 was $18,740, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,960 for a family of four. However, Dunlap contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunlap also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.62% of its population below the federal poverty line.Dunlap is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dunlap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunlap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dunlap include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Dunlap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
