Gainesboro is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 967 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gainesboro is the 284th largest community in Tennessee.

A relatively large number of people in Gainesboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.40% 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.

Overall, Gainesboro’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!) Gainesboro 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. Gainesboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gainesboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gainesboro may be for you.

One downside of living in Gainesboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gainesboro, the average commute to work is 32.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Gainesboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Gainesboro rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.07% of adults 25 and older in Gainesboro 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 Gainesboro in 2022 was $24,088, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,352 for a family of four. However, Gainesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gainesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gainesboro include Irish, English, German, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Gainesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.