Pinson is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 464 people and just one neighborhood, Pinson is the 340th largest community in Tennessee.
Pinson is a blue-collar town, with 68.59% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Pinson is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pinson who work in sales jobs (12.18%), maintenance occupations (7.69%), and food service (7.69%).
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, Pinson is worth considering.
One downside of living in Pinson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pinson, the average commute to work is 33.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Pinson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Pinson with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.22% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pinson in 2022 was $41,946, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,784 for a family of four. However, Pinson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pinson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pinson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pinson residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pinson include English, German, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Pinson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
In addition, 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 5.8% 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.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 92.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.3% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Pinson are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America'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, 34.2% 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 33.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.1%), and 12.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Pinson, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (8.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report German roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.3%), along with some South American ancestry residents (1.3%), 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 (54.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.1%) 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 (5.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.