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College Grove, TN

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Overview


College Grove is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 9,362 people and just one neighborhood, College Grove is the 73rd largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in College Grove was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local College Grove economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in College Grove, where the median household income is $161,800.00.

College Grove home prices are not only among the most expensive in Tennessee, but College Grove real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

College Grove is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, College Grove is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in College Grove who work in sales jobs (20.06%), management occupations (19.65%), and computer science and math (10.77%).

Also of interest is that College Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, College Grove is also a town of artists. College Grove has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape College Grove’s character.

A relatively large number of people in College Grove telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.11% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, College Grove is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making College Grove a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, College Grove has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, College Grove’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in College Grove, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.95 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in College Grove. 55.25% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in College Grove in 2022 was $83,911, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $335,644 for a family of four.

The people who call College Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of College Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in College Grove include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Romanian.

The most common language spoken in College Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in College Grove, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

A majority of the adults in the neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for Tennessee by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in Tennessee. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children, urban sophisticates and active retirees.

In addition, astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Danish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 2.4% have Danish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 College Grove are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 55.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (10.2%), and 5.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in College Grove, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.7%), along with some Romanian ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (38.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (70.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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