Gallatin is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 48,194 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Gallatin is the 18th largest community in Tennessee. Gallatin has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Gallatin, where the median household income is $68,548.00. Gallatin real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Gallatin house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Gallatin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gallatin is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gallatin who work in office and administrative support (14.97%), sales jobs (11.76%), and management occupations (9.47%). Also of interest is that Gallatin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.64% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In terms of college education, Gallatin is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.87% of adults in Gallatin have a college degree. The per capita income in Gallatin in 2022 was $36,996, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,984 for a family of four. However, Gallatin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gallatin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gallatin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gallatin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gallatin include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Gallatin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
