Darden is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 364 people and just one neighborhood, Darden is the 353rd largest community in Tennessee. Much of the housing stock in Darden was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Darden economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Darden, where the median household income is .
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Darden is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 58.11% of the Darden workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Darden is a town of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Darden who work in computer science and math (13.96%), business and financial occupations (5.86%), and food service (5.41%).
Also of interest is that Darden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
Darden’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Darden has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Darden a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Darden, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.53 minutes every day commuting to work.
Darden 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 rate of college-level education in Darden is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.27% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Darden in 2022 was $39,910, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,640 for a family of four. However, Darden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Darden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Darden residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Darden include Dutch, Irish, German, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Darden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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 Darden, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 28 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
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 Darden are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.2% of America'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, 35.8% 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 35.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 8.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.4%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Darden, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (14.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report English roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (4.1%), 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 (32.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.3%) 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.