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Whitwell, TN
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Living in Whitwell



Whitwell is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,621 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitwell is the 242nd largest community in Tennessee.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.49% 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.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Whitwell has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Whitwell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Whitwell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Whitwell may be for you.

In Whitwell, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Whitwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The population of Whitwell has a very low overall level of education: only 7.05% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Whitwell in 2018 was $27,642, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,568 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Whitwell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whitwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitwell include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Whitwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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