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Summertown, TN

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Overview


Summertown is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 856 people and just one neighborhood, Summertown is the 292nd largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Summertown is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.85% of the Summertown workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Summertown is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Summertown who work in healthcare (13.74%), sales jobs (12.64%), and office and administrative support (7.14%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

One downside of living in Summertown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.11 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Summertown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Summertown citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.30% of adults in Summertown have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Summertown in 2018 was $32,437, 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 $129,748 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Summertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Tennessee. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Significantly, 8.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Summertown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.1% of America'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, 35.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 15.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.0% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (8.9%).

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 Summertown, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.7%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (82.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.2%) . 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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