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!) Tazewell 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. Tazewell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tazewell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tazewell may be for you.
Being a small town, Tazewell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Tazewell is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.63% of adults 25 and older in Tazewell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tazewell in 2022 was $24,074, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,296 for a family of four. However, Tazewell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tazewell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tazewell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tazewell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tazewell include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Tazewell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
