Beech Bluff is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 379 people and just one neighborhood, Beech Bluff is the 348th largest community in Tennessee.
Beech Bluff is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beech Bluff is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beech Bluff who work in healthcare (21.15%), food service (10.77%), and office and administrative support (10.38%).
Of important note, Beech Bluff is also a town of artists. Beech Bluff has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Beech Bluff’s character.
Beech Bluff’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Beech Bluff is worth considering.
One downside of living in Beech Bluff, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.40 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Beech Bluff does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Beech Bluff has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.34% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Beech Bluff in 2022 was $28,802, 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 $115,208 for a family of four.
Beech Bluff is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beech Bluff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beech Bluff residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beech Bluff include English, Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Beech Bluff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.
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.
Our research reveals that 93.4% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood stands out within Tennessee for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 9.6% of college-friendly places to live in TN.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Beech Bluff are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 35.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.0% 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 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
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 Beech Bluff, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (65.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (93.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.