Indian Mound is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,848 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Mound is the 233rd largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Indian Mound is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Indian Mound is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Mound who work in personal care services (10.33%), management occupations (9.45%), and office and administrative support (9.16%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Indian Mound has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. The overall crime rate in Indian Mound is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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!) Indian Mound 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. Indian Mound has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Indian Mound than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Indian Mound may be for you. One downside of living in Indian Mound is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Indian Mound, the average commute to work is 37.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Indian Mound is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Indian Mound citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.09% of adults in Indian Mound have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Indian Mound in 2022 was $28,164, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,656 for a family of four. However, Indian Mound contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Indian Mound home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Mound residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Indian Mound include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Indian Mound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
