Toone is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 266 people and just one neighborhood, Toone is the 371st largest community in Tennessee.
When you are in Toone, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.69% of Toone’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Toone is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Toone who work in office and administrative support (23.74%), healthcare suport services (12.95%), and management occupations (11.51%).
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, Toone is worth considering.
Being a small town, Toone does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Toone ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.46% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Toone in 2022 was $16,372, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,488 for a family of four. However, Toone contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Toone also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Toone is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Toone home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Toone residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Toone include Irish, German, English, Welsh, and Portuguese.
The most common language spoken in Toone is English. Other important languages spoken here include Hungarian and African languages.
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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 38.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
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 94.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Toone are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 37.1% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.4%), and 13.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.4%).
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 Toone, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report German roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.0%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.4%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.