Ooltewah is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 684 people and five associated neighborhoods, Ooltewah is the 313th largest community in Tennessee. Ooltewah real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Ooltewah house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Ooltewah, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.05% of Ooltewah’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ooltewah is a town of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ooltewah who work in management occupations (28.57%), personal care services (17.14%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.52%). A relatively large number of people in Ooltewah telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.33% 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.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Ooltewah, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Ooltewah provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. 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, Ooltewah has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ooltewah a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Ooltewah does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Ooltewah are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.54% of adults in Ooltewah having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ooltewah in 2022 was $41,149, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,596 for a family of four. However, Ooltewah contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Ooltewah home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ooltewah residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Ooltewah include English, Irish, German, French Canadian, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Ooltewah is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and African languages.
