Unicoi is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,818 people and just one neighborhood, Unicoi is the 147th largest community in Tennessee.
Unicoi is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Unicoi is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Unicoi who work in teaching (11.34%), healthcare (9.77%), and management occupations (9.29%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.83% 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.
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!) Unicoi 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. Unicoi has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Unicoi than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Unicoi may be for you.
One downside of living in Unicoi, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.75 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Unicoi does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Unicoi overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Unicoi, 23.89% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Unicoi in 2022 was $31,829, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,316 for a family of four. However, Unicoi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Unicoi is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Unicoi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Unicoi residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Unicoi also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Unicoi include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Unicoi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you are planning to retire in Tennessee, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Tennessee, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.5% of neighborhoods in TN. If a Tennessee retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Unicoi are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 50.3% 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 28.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.3%), and 9.9% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Unicoi, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report German roots (8.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (5.9%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.1%) 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 (11.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.