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!) Tellico Plains 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. Tellico Plains has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tellico Plains than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tellico Plains may be for you.
In Tellico Plains, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.87 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Tellico Plains does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Tellico Plains with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.59% of adults in Tellico Plains have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tellico Plains in 2022 was $19,419, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,676 for a family of four. However, Tellico Plains contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tellico Plains also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.67% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Tellico Plains home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tellico Plains residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Tellico Plains include Irish, English, German, Greek, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Tellico Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
