Henning is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 873 people and two associated neighborhoods, Henning is the 291st largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Henning is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.20% of the Henning workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Henning is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Henning who work in sales jobs (16.90%), office and administrative support (14.58%), and healthcare (10.19%). Also of interest is that Henning has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Henning 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. Henning has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Henning than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Henning may be for you.The population of Henning has a very low overall level of education: only 7.93% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Henning in 2022 was $18,446, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,784 for a family of four. Henning also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.Henning is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Henning home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Henning residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Henning include German, Italian, Czech, Irish, and African. The most common language spoken in Henning is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Native American languages.
