Pioneer is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,817 people and just one neighborhood, Pioneer is the second largest community in Tennessee.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pioneer is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.13% of the Pioneer workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pioneer is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pioneer who work in sales jobs (14.84%), healthcare suport services (9.16%), and management occupations (7.10%).
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!) Pioneer 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. Pioneer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pioneer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pioneer may be for you.
In Pioneer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Pioneer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Pioneer, just 6.90% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Pioneer in 2022 was $24,123, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,492 for a family of four. However, Pioneer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pioneer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pioneer residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pioneer include English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Pioneer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 Pioneer, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 48.1% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.5% of American neighborhoods.
Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.6% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.5% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.9% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.7% of America's neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 1.8% have Armenian 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 Pioneer are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 48.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (16.3%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Pioneer, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.6%). There are also a number of people of Scottish ancestry (12.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.3%), along with some Welsh ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (38.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.