Dyer is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,319 people and just one neighborhood, Dyer is the 204th largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dyer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.44% of the Dyer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dyer is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dyer who work in food service (8.54%), office and administrative support (7.50%), and management occupations (7.27%).
One downside of living in Dyer is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dyer, the average commute to work is 32.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Dyer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Dyer is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.98% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dyer in 2022 was $20,762, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,048 for a family of four. However, Dyer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dyer is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dyer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dyer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dyer include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Dyer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.1% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dyer are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.2% 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, 45.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% 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 Dyer, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.5%), and residents who report German roots (5.4%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (2.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
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 (34.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (18.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.