Mountain City is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,463 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mountain City is the 198th largest community in Tennessee.

Also of interest is that Mountain City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Mountain City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.45% 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.

The town 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, Mountain City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mountain City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Mountain City 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.

The population of Mountain City has a very low overall level of education: only 8.92% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Mountain City in 2022 was $25,312, 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 $101,248 for a family of four. However, Mountain City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mountain City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.17% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Mountain City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.