Indian Mound is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,827 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Mound is the 233rd largest community in Tennessee.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Indian Mound has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
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!) Indian Mound 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. Indian Mound has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Indian Mound than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Indian Mound may be for you.
One downside of living in Indian Mound is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Indian Mound, the average commute to work is 37.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Indian Mound does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Indian Mound citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.09% of adults in Indian Mound have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Indian Mound in 2022 was $28,164, 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 $112,656 for a family of four. However, Indian Mound contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Indian Mound home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Mound residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Indian Mound include Irish, German, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Indian Mound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.