About Bartlett

Bartlett is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 40,309 people and just one neighborhood, Bartlett is the 13th largest community in Tennessee.

Bartlett is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bartlett is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bartlett who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.40%), sales jobs (12.77%), and management occupations (11.54%).

Also of interest is that Bartlett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Bartlett is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Bartlett's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

"If you live in Bartlett, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Bartlett residents do (99.4%). Bartlett is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Even though Bartlett is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Bartlett Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Bartlett citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 28.22% of adults in Bartlett have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bartlett in 2000 was $24,616, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,464 for a family of four. However, Bartlett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bartlett home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bartlett is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bartlett include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Bartlett is English.