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Bon Aqua, TN

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Overview


Bon Aqua is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,769 people and just one neighborhood, Bon Aqua is the 153rd largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Bon Aqua isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bon Aqua are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bon Aqua is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bon Aqua who work in sales jobs (14.57%), maintenance occupations (10.79%), and personal care services (8.45%).

Also of interest is that Bon Aqua has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Bon Aqua is worth considering.

One downside of living in Bon Aqua, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.72 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Bon Aqua doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of people in Bon Aqua with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.53% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bon Aqua in 2022 was $25,690, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,760 for a family of four. However, Bon Aqua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bon Aqua is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bon Aqua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bon Aqua residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bon Aqua include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Brazilian.

The most common language spoken in Bon Aqua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Bon Aqua, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.1% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Bon Aqua are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 78.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 38.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.6%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Bon Aqua, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report English roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.6%), along with some Brazilian ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.9%) 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 (22.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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