La Vergne is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 39,281 people and eight associated neighborhoods, La Vergne is the 22nd largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in La Vergne, 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 La Vergne, and putting down their money on brand new construction. La Vergne’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. La Vergne does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $77,531.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, La Vergne is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.05% of the La Vergne workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, La Vergne is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in La Vergne who work in office and administrative support (9.47%), management occupations (8.98%), and sales jobs (8.04%). Also of interest is that La Vergne 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: 11.26% 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. One downside of living in La Vergne is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In La Vergne, the average commute to work is 32.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of La Vergne are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.74% of adults in La Vergne having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in La Vergne in 2022 was $30,519, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,076 for a family of four. However, La Vergne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. La Vergne is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call La Vergne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of La Vergne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. La Vergne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in La Vergne include Irish, English, German, Italian, and African. La Vergne also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.25%. The most common language spoken in La Vergne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
