Humboldt is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 7,855 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Humboldt is the 80th largest community in Tennessee.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Humboldt 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. Humboldt has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Humboldt than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Humboldt may be for you.
Humboldt 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 citizens of Humboldt are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.89% of adults in Humboldt have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Humboldt in 2018 was $24,655, 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 $98,620 for a family of four. However, Humboldt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Humboldt is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Humboldt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Humboldt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Humboldt include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Humboldt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.