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Sharps Chapel, TN

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Overview


Sharps Chapel is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,613 people and just one neighborhood, Sharps Chapel is the 192nd largest community in Tennessee. Sharps Chapel has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Sharps Chapel, where the median household income is $74,167.00.

Sharps Chapel real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Sharps Chapel house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Sharps Chapel is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sharps Chapel is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharps Chapel who work in sales jobs (13.09%), healthcare (10.49%), and management occupations (10.23%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.08% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sharps Chapel is worth considering.

In Sharps Chapel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.46 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Sharps Chapel who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.21% of the adults in Sharps Chapel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sharps Chapel in 2018 was $37,580, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,320 for a family of four. However, Sharps Chapel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sharps Chapel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharps Chapel residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sharps Chapel include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sharps Chapel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 38.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (12.2%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sharps Chapel are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 38.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Sharps Chapel, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (8.0%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (58.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.2%) and 8.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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