Sneedville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,305 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sneedville is the 263rd largest community in Tennessee.
Of important note, Sneedville is also a town of artists. Sneedville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sneedville’s character.
Being a small town, Sneedville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Sneedville, just 6.45% 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 Sneedville in 2022 was $17,222, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,888 for a family of four. However, Sneedville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sneedville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Sneedville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sneedville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sneedville include English, Irish, Eastern European, Italian, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Sneedville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.