Oliver Springs is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,398 people and two associated neighborhoods, Oliver Springs is the 170th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some towns, Oliver Springs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Oliver Springs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Oliver Springs is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Oliver Springs who work in management occupations (9.85%), office and administrative support (9.17%), and healthcare (8.68%). Also of interest is that Oliver Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Oliver Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.06% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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!) Oliver Springs 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. Oliver Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Oliver Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Oliver Springs may be for you. Being a small town, Oliver Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Oliver Springs have a very low rate of college education: just 7.98% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Oliver Springs in 2022 was $22,065, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,260 for a family of four. However, Oliver Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Oliver Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oliver Springs residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Oliver Springs include Irish, German, English, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Oliver Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
