It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Harriman 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. Harriman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Harriman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Harriman may be for you.
Being a small city, Harriman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Harriman with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.45% of adults in Harriman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Harriman in 2022 was $25,453, 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 $101,812 for a family of four. However, Harriman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Harriman is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Harriman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harriman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harriman include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Harriman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
