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. Much of the housing stock in La Vergne was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local La Vergne economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in La Vergne, where 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.26% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In La Vergne, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.17 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of La Vergne's cultural character, accounting for 16.25% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in La Vergne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
