Friendship is a tiny city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 613 people and just one neighborhood, Friendship is the 321st largest community in Tennessee.
Unlike some cities, Friendship isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Friendship are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Friendship is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Friendship who work in sales jobs (16.25%), food service (9.19%), and teaching (7.77%).
Of important note, Friendship is also a city of artists. Friendship has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Friendship’s character.
Friendship is a small city, 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 Friendship is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.14% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Friendship in 2022 was $18,490, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,960 for a family of four. Friendship also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.56% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Friendship is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Friendship home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Friendship residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Friendship include Irish, English, Dutch, Scots-Irish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Friendship is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
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.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 95.7% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Friendship are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 35.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 8.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.2%).
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 Friendship, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.3%), along with some German ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 (36.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.