Another notable thing is that Townsend is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.
Because of many things, Townsend is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Townsend really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Townsend perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The city 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, Townsend has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Townsend a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small city, Townsend doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Townsend is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.48% of adults in Townsend have a college degree.
The per capita income in Townsend in 2022 was $33,246, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,984 for a family of four. However, Townsend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Townsend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Townsend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Townsend include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Townsend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
