Tazewell is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 4,416 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tazewell is the 132nd largest community in Virginia.Tazewell is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.21% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tazewell is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tazewell who work in office and administrative support (19.70%), maintenance occupations (14.54%), and food service (10.68%). 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!) Tazewell 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. Tazewell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Tazewell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Tazewell may be for you.The percentage of adults in Tazewell who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.87% of the adults in Tazewell have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Tazewell in 2022 was $25,525, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,100 for a family of four. However, Tazewell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tazewell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tazewell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tazewell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tazewell include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Tazewell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
