Rutledge is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,330 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rutledge is the 262nd largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rutledge is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.51% of the Rutledge workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rutledge is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rutledge who work in food service (10.14%), office and administrative support (9.46%), and healthcare (9.46%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rutledge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rutledge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Rutledge 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 rate of college-level education in Rutledge is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.21% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Rutledge in 2022 was $25,315, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,260 for a family of four. However, Rutledge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rutledge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rutledge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rutledge include Irish, English, German, European, and Belgian. The most common language spoken in Rutledge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
