Sharps Chapel is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,648 people and just one neighborhood, Sharps Chapel is the 192nd largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Sharps Chapel, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Sharps Chapel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Sharps Chapel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Sharps Chapel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $74,167.00.
Sharps Chapel real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Sharps Chapel house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Sharps Chapel is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sharps Chapel is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharps Chapel who work in sales jobs (13.09%), healthcare (10.49%), and management occupations (10.23%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.08% 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.
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, Sharps Chapel is worth considering.
One downside of living in Sharps Chapel is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sharps Chapel, the average commute to work is 34.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Sharps Chapel 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 percentage of adults in Sharps Chapel who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.21% of the adults in Sharps Chapel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sharps Chapel in 2022 was $37,580, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,320 for a family of four. However, Sharps Chapel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sharps Chapel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharps Chapel residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sharps Chapel include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Sharps Chapel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Sharps Chapel, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 38.0%, which is higher than 97.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 29 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 12.2% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.0% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
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 Sharps Chapel are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% 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, 38.5% 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 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.5%).
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 Sharps Chapel, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (8.0%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (58.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.2%) and 8.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.