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Crossville, TN
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Crossville profile


Living in Crossville



Crossville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 12,652 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Crossville is the 53rd largest community in Tennessee.

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!) Crossville 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. Crossville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crossville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crossville may be for you.

One of the benefits of Crossville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.76 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small city, Crossville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of adults in Crossville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.39% of the adults in Crossville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Crossville in 2022 was $26,240, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,960 for a family of four. However, Crossville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Crossville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Crossville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crossville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Crossville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Crossville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.