Troy - Obion is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,156 people and just one neighborhood, Troy - Obion is the 137th largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Troy - Obion is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.73% of the Troy - Obion workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Troy - Obion is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Troy - Obion who work in sales jobs (14.62%), office and administrative support (8.49%), and management occupations (6.91%).
Troy - Obion 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Troy - Obion rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.33% of adults 25 and older in Troy - Obion have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Troy - Obion in 2022 was $35,593, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,372 for a family of four. However, Troy - Obion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Troy - Obion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Troy - Obion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Troy - Obion include Irish, English, German, Swedish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Troy - Obion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Troy - Obion, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Troy - Obion are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.4% 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, 37.2% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.4% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Troy - Obion, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report German roots (5.0%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.6%) 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 (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.