Beechgrove is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,107 people and just one neighborhood, Beechgrove is the 221st largest community in Tennessee.
Beechgrove is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beechgrove is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Beechgrove who work in teaching (11.09%), office and administrative support (10.64%), and management occupations (10.20%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.14% 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 town 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, Beechgrove has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Beechgrove a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Beechgrove is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Beechgrove, the average commute to work is 30.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Beechgrove 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 education level of Beechgrove citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.57% of adults 25 and older in Beechgrove have a college degree.
The per capita income in Beechgrove in 2022 was $26,662, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,648 for a family of four. However, Beechgrove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Beechgrove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beechgrove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Beechgrove include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Beechgrove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Beechgrove, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 45.5% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.2% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 39 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 1.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan, at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Beechgrove are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.0% 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, 34.4% 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 32.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.1%), and 15.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Beechgrove, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Asian roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (3.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (66.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (21.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.