Gainesboro is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 967 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gainesboro is the 284th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gainesboro is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gainesboro is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gainesboro who work in sales jobs (17.37%), healthcare (14.01%), and management occupations (9.80%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.40% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Overall, Gainesboro’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gainesboro has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gainesboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gainesboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gainesboro may be for you. In Gainesboro, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Gainesboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Gainesboro with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.07% of adults in Gainesboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Gainesboro in 2022 was $24,088, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,352 for a family of four. However, Gainesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Gainesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gainesboro include Irish, English, German, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Gainesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
