Estill Springs is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,270 people and just one neighborhood, Estill Springs is the 207th largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Estill Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.70% of the Estill Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Estill Springs is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Estill Springs who work in teaching (12.12%), office and administrative support (10.18%), and sales jobs (8.85%).
A relatively large number of people in Estill Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.58% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
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!) Estill Springs 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. Estill Springs has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Estill Springs than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Estill Springs may be for you.
Estill Springs 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, Estill Springs is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.40% of adults 25 and older in Estill Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Estill Springs in 2022 was $26,615, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,460 for a family of four. However, Estill Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Estill Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Estill Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Estill Springs include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Estill Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Polish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Estill Springs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.1% 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 31.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Estill Springs, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.