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%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Ooltewah 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 education level of Ooltewah citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.54% of adults in Ooltewah have at least a bachelor's 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.
