Tazewell is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,358 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tazewell is the 201st largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Tazewell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.81% of the Tazewell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Tazewell is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tazewell who work in healthcare (10.00%), sales jobs (9.69%), and office and administrative support (6.41%). 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, Tazewell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tazewell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Tazewell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Tazewell with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.95% of adults in Tazewell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tazewell in 2022 was $21,317, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,268 for a family of four. Tazewell also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.26% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Tazewell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tazewell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tazewell include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Tazewell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
