Grand Junction is a tiny city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 336 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Junction is the 356th largest community in Tennessee.
When you are in Grand Junction, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.70% of Grand Junction’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Grand Junction is a city of transportation and shipping workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Junction who work in healthcare (10.23%), maintenance occupations (8.84%), and office and administrative support (8.37%).
Grand Junction’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city 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, Grand Junction has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Grand Junction a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Grand Junction, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 42.20 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Grand Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Grand Junction have a very low rate of college education: just 7.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Grand Junction in 2022 was $31,183, 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 $124,732 for a family of four. However, Grand Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grand Junction is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Grand Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Junction residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Grand Junction include English, German, Irish, Swedish, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Grand Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 46.3% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.8% of American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 22 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Grand Junction is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TN, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.0% of the neighborhoods in Tennessee. If you are considering retiring to Tennessee, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Grand Junction are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 5.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 61.8% of America'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, 46.3% 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 20.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Grand Junction, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.1%), and residents who report Scottish roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (86.3%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.