Leoma’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Leoma is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Leoma spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.50 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Leoma is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Leoma isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Leoma does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Leoma, just 7.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Leoma in 2022 was $26,367, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,468 for a family of four. However, Leoma contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Leoma home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leoma residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Leoma include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Leoma is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
