It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Waverly has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Waverly has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waverly than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waverly may be for you.
One downside of living in Waverly is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Waverly, the average commute to work is 31.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Waverly doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Waverly is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.63% of adults 25 and older in Waverly have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waverly in 2022 was $29,611, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,444 for a family of four. However, Waverly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Waverly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waverly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waverly include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Waverly is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
