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!) Lynchburg 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. Lynchburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lynchburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lynchburg may be for you.
Being a small town, Lynchburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Lynchburg are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.17% of adults in Lynchburg having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lynchburg in 2018 was $35,178, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,712 for a family of four. However, Lynchburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lynchburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lynchburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lynchburg include Irish, English, German, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Lynchburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
