An aging population has transformed the local economy of Cumberland County, Tennessee. What lessons can be learned for the broader economy?
Two community outposts in the town of Crossville aim to ease the stresses of seniors on fixed incomes.
Leisure activities are a big theme with Cumberland County’s growing retirement community.
If demographics are destiny, then what’s happening here is eventually going to play out all over the country.
“I have to get less food,” one shopper said. “So I plan very carefully with my food stamps.”
“This was the first time I saw the data match to a human experience,” says Nela Richardson, ADP’s chief economist.
Over the past few years, pay for low-wage workers in the city has risen more than 40%, according to one analysis.
