Gainesboro’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gainesboro has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gainesboro a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Gainesboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.98 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Gainesboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Gainesboro with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gainesboro in 2022 was $22,192, 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 $88,768 for a family of four. However, Gainesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Gainesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gainesboro include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Gainesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
