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Auburntown, TN

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Overview


Auburntown is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 278 people and just one neighborhood, Auburntown is the 370th largest community in Tennessee.

Auburntown real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Auburntown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Auburntown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Auburntown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Auburntown is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Auburntown who work in office and administrative support (20.79%), teaching (11.24%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.74%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Auburntown’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Auburntown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Auburntown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Auburntown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.03 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Auburntown is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.97% of adults 25 and older in Auburntown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Auburntown in 2018 was $28,383, 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 $113,532 for a family of four. However, Auburntown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Auburntown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Auburntown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Auburntown include Irish, English, German, French, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Auburntown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Auburntown, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.0%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Tennessee, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Tennessee.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Auburntown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 42.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 71.2% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 33.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.3%), and 16.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.8% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Auburntown, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (11.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.1%), and residents who report German roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (83.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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