Sharps Chapel is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,648 people and just one neighborhood, Sharps Chapel is the 192nd largest community in Tennessee. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Sharps Chapel, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Sharps Chapel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Sharps Chapel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Sharps Chapel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $74,167.00.
Sharps Chapel real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Sharps Chapel house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Sharps Chapel is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sharps Chapel is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharps Chapel who work in sales jobs (13.09%), healthcare (10.49%), and management occupations (10.23%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.08% 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.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sharps Chapel is worth considering.
One downside of living in Sharps Chapel is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sharps Chapel, the average commute to work is 34.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Sharps Chapel is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Sharps Chapel who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.21% of the adults in Sharps Chapel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sharps Chapel in 2022 was $37,580, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,320 for a family of four. However, Sharps Chapel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sharps Chapel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharps Chapel residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Sharps Chapel include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Sharps Chapel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 38.0% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.9% of America.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 12.2% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.0% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sharps Chapel are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 10.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.5%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Sharps Chapel, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (8.0%). There are also a number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report English roots (6.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.8%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (58.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (12.2%) and 8.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.