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!) Harriman 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. Harriman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harriman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harriman may be for you.
Harriman is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Harriman are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.14% of adults in Harriman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Harriman in 2022 was $28,866, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,464 for a family of four. However, Harriman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harriman is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harriman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harriman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harriman include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Harriman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
