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Gainesboro, TN
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Living in Gainesboro



Gainesboro is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 936 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gainesboro is the 284th largest community in Tennessee.

A relatively large number of people in Gainesboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.62% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Gainesboro’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

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, Gainesboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gainesboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Gainesboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gainesboro, the average commute to work is 31.98 minutes, which is quite a bit 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.

In Gainesboro, just 12.07% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Gainesboro in 2018 was $22,192, 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 $88,768 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 Dutch.

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

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