Whitwell is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,612 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitwell is the 242nd largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Whitwell is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.73% of the Whitwell workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Whitwell is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitwell who work in sales jobs (15.70%), law enforcement and fire fighting (8.52%), and office and administrative support (7.80%). A relatively large number of people in Whitwell telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.91% 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 city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Whitwell has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitwell a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Whitwell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 39.27 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Whitwell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Whitwell, just 7.23% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Whitwell in 2022 was $27,068, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,272 for a family of four. However, Whitwell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Whitwell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitwell residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitwell include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Whitwell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
