Pleasant Shade, TN

Overview

Pleasant Shade is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,339 people and just one neighborhood, Pleasant Shade is the 138th largest community in Tennessee.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Pleasant Shade isn鈥檛 mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pleasant Shade are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pleasant Shade is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Shade who work in management occupations (9.81%), sales jobs (9.66%), and office and administrative support (8.94%).

Also of interest is that Pleasant Shade has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Pleasant Shade telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.79% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Pleasant Shade is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pleasant Shade a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town鈥檚 good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pleasant Shade has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pleasant Shade鈥檚 overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Pleasant Shade is worth considering.

In Pleasant Shade, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.33 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Pleasant Shade rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.71% of adults 25 and older in Pleasant Shade have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Pleasant Shade in 2022 was $39,750, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,000 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Shade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Pleasant Shade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to 蘑菇视频's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.6% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by 蘑菇视频's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 9.2% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Tennessee. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to 蘑菇视频's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Romanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.0% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 0.8% have Romanian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Pleasant Shade are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 33.8% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture 鈥� some more unique than others 鈥� based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households 鈥� and importantly 鈥� on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Pleasant Shade, TN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report German roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (37.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.9%) 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 (10.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.

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