Parsons is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,114 people and two associated neighborhoods, Parsons is the 214th largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Parsons, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.76% of Parsons’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Parsons is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Parsons who work in office and administrative support (12.06%), food service (10.52%), and healthcare (6.08%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.10% 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. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Parsons 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. Parsons has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Parsons than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Parsons may be for you. Being a small city, Parsons does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Parsons, just 7.17% 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 Parsons in 2022 was $23,921, 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 $95,684 for a family of four. However, Parsons contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Parsons home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Parsons residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Parsons include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Parsons is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
