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McDonald, TN
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Living in McDonald



McDonald is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 586 people and two associated neighborhoods, McDonald is the 325th largest community in Tennessee. McDonald has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

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

McDonald is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in McDonald enrolled in college, McDonald has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

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

Being a small town, McDonald does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The overall education level of McDonald citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.07% of adults in McDonald have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in McDonald in 2018 was $32,087, 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 $128,348 for a family of four. However, McDonald contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

McDonald is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McDonald home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McDonald residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in McDonald include Scots-Irish, English, German, Dutch, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in McDonald is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Langs. of India.


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