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Tennyson, IN

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Overview


Tennyson is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 224 people and just one neighborhood, Tennyson is the 461st largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Tennyson is a blue-collar town, with 57.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Tennyson is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Tennyson who work in sales jobs (7.89%), the sciences (6.58%), and food service (5.26%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Tennyson has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Tennyson’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

One downside of living in Tennyson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tennyson, the average commute to work is 34.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The percentage of people in Tennyson with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.24% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tennyson in 2022 was $22,463, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,852 for a family of four. However, Tennyson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Tennyson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tennyson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tennyson include English, European, German, Irish, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 49.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 26 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 47.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 22.6% have Irish ancestry.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

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 Tennyson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.0% 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, 32.1% 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 30.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Tennyson, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (47.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.6%), and residents who report English roots (16.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (1.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.1%) 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 (7.3%) . 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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