Waverly is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,275 people and three associated neighborhoods, Waverly is the 134th largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Waverly is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waverly is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waverly who work in office and administrative support (14.65%), community and social services (10.51%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.33%). Also of interest is that Waverly has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Waverly has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Waverly a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Waverly, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.46 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small city, Waverly doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Waverly is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.63% of adults 25 and older in Waverly have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Waverly in 2022 was $29,611, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,444 for a family of four. However, Waverly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Waverly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waverly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Waverly include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Waverly is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
