Gainesboro is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 967 people and four associated neighborhoods, Gainesboro is the 284th largest community in Tennessee.

A relatively large number of people in Gainesboro telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 20.40% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.06 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Gainesboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Gainesboro are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.07% of adults in Gainesboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Gainesboro in 2022 was $24,088, 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 $96,352 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 European.

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