Gainesboro is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 936 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gainesboro is the 284th largest community in Tennessee.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 overall crime rate in Gainesboro is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gainesboro has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gainesboro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gainesboro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gainesboro may be for you.

One downside of living in Gainesboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Gainesboro, the average commute to work is 31.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Gainesboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The rate of college-level education in Gainesboro is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.07% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gainesboro in 2022 was $22,192, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,768 for a family of four. However, Gainesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Gainesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gainesboro include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Gainesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.