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Blount County, TN

142,211 Population
558.8 square miles 254.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,986 ±$3,970 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,369 ±$5,564 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.6% ±2.4% (12,033  ±3,325) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,487,325  ±50,341) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,442 ±1,384 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (140,367  ±73) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.7% ±3.4% (1,767  ±1,045) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

63,673 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$392,500 ±$19,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±2% (11,596  ±2,846.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±4.8% (94,417  ±4,996.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.5% ±3% (32,698  ±3,097.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.4% (4,855  ±1,284) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.8% ±1.2% (8,886  ±1,422) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,886 Total veterans ±1,422 7,944 Male ±1,265 942 Female ±434

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