Tazewell is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,354 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tazewell is the 201st largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Tazewell, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 42.81% of Tazewell’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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. Tazewell 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.In terms of college education, the citizens of Tazewell rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.95% of adults 25 and older in Tazewell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. 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.
