Gruetli Laager - Palmer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,033 people and just one neighborhood, Gruetli Laager - Palmer is the 143rd largest community in Tennessee.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gruetli Laager - Palmer is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gruetli Laager - Palmer is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gruetli Laager - Palmer who work in teaching (12.44%), management occupations (10.18%), and sales jobs (9.30%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Gruetli Laager - Palmer is worth considering.
One downside of living in Gruetli Laager - Palmer, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.06 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Gruetli Laager - Palmer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Gruetli Laager - Palmer has a very low overall level of education: only 9.56% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Gruetli Laager - Palmer in 2022 was $20,009, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,036 for a family of four. However, Gruetli Laager - Palmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gruetli Laager - Palmer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gruetli Laager - Palmer residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Gruetli Laager - Palmer include Irish, English, Dutch, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Gruetli Laager - Palmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
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 Gruetli Laager - Palmer are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% 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, 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 33.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.4%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% 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 Gruetli Laager - Palmer, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report Dutch roots (5.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (38.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (82.2%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.