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La Vergne, TN
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La Vergne profile


Living in La Vergne



La Vergne is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 39,281 people and eight associated neighborhoods, La Vergne is the 22nd largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in La Vergne, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to La Vergne, and putting down their money on brand new construction. La Vergne’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. La Vergne does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $77,531.00.

Also of interest is that La Vergne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in La Vergne telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.26% 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.

In La Vergne, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.17 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of La Vergne citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.74% of adults in La Vergne have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in La Vergne in 2018 was $30,519, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,076 for a family of four. However, La Vergne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

La Vergne is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vergne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vergne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Vergne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vergne include Irish, English, German, Italian, and African.

La Vergne also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.25%.

The most common language spoken in La Vergne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.