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Cleveland, TN
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Cleveland profile


Living in Cleveland



Cleveland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 49,086 people and 22 associated neighborhoods, Cleveland is the 16th largest community in Tennessee.

A relatively large number of people in Cleveland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.86% 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.

Cleveland is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

The education level of Cleveland citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.07% of adults in Cleveland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cleveland in 2022 was $31,510, 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 $126,040 for a family of four. However, Cleveland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cleveland is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cleveland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cleveland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cleveland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cleveland include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cleveland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.