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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 10.42
The average living wage for the state of Tennessee is $28.97/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Tennessee a minimum wage score of 16.5 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Tennessee a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Tennessee is $145, resulting in a UI benefit score of 12.47 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

✓ Tennessee does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Tennessee does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Tennessee does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Tennessee does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Tennessee does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Tennessee does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Tennessee does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Tennessee does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Tennessee does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Tennessee does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Tennessee does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Tennessee does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Tennessee does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Tennessee does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 30

X Tennessee does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Tennessee does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Tennessee does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Tennessee does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Tennessee does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Tennessee does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Blount County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 62.15% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 71.12%
Democratic: 26.92%
Other: 1.96%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 37882
Latitude : 35.623491
Longitude : -83.795153
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 3020 ft.
Area Code(s) : 865

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.23
Male Population Estimate : 43.54%
Female Population Estimate : 43.16%
Median Age : 52.0
Male Median Age : 50.7
Female Median Age : 53.3

White Population Estimate : 85.77%
Black Population Estimate : 0.48%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.51%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.80%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.16%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.37%
Other Population Estimate : 0.06%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Townsend specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Blount County: About 3 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Blount County: About 354 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Blount County is about 27% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 19% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.