Whitwell is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,621 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitwell is the 242nd largest community in Tennessee.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.49% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
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, Whitwell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitwell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Whitwell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 43.66 minutes every day commuting to work.
Whitwell is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Whitwell has a very low overall level of education: only 7.05% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Whitwell in 2022 was $27,642, 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 $110,568 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitwell is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whitwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitwell include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Whitwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.