Beech Bluff is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 379 people and just one neighborhood, Beech Bluff is the 348th largest community in Tennessee.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Beech Bluff is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beech Bluff is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beech Bluff who work in healthcare (21.83%), office and administrative support (12.18%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.64%).
Overall, Beech Bluff’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Beech Bluff 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. Beech Bluff has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Beech Bluff than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Beech Bluff may be for you.
One downside of living in Beech Bluff is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beech Bluff, the average commute to work is 33.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Beech Bluff is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Beech Bluff isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Beech Bluff 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 population of Beech Bluff has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.05% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Beech Bluff in 2022 was $25,719, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,876 for a family of four.
Beech Bluff is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Beech Bluff home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beech Bluff residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beech Bluff include English, Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Beech Bluff is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.
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 Beech Bluff, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Our research reveals that 89.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 95.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 6.2% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Tennessee, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Tennessee.
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 Beech Bluff are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 63.2% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 43.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.7%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Beech Bluff, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.6%), 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 (61.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.0%) 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 (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.