Counce is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 316 people and just one neighborhood, Counce is the 361st largest community in Tennessee.
When you are in Counce, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 84.73% of Counce’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Counce is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Counce who work in office and administrative support (5.42%), management occupations (3.45%), and business and financial occupations (3.45%).
Overall, Counce’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Counce has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Counce has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Counce than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Counce may be for you.
Counce is a very car-oriented town. 96.55% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Counce is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Counce has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Counce 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 percentage of adults in Counce with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.52% of adults in Counce have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Counce in 2022 was $34,525, 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 $138,100 for a family of four.
Counce is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Counce home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Counce residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Counce include English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Counce is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Greek.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Counce, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 45 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 45.2% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 88.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.1% of all American neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Counce are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 34.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.8%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Counce, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.3%), and residents who report German roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.4%).
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (88.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.