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Blount County, TN

141,456 Population
558.8 square miles 253.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±0.5 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

$40,269 ±$2,524 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$78,504 ±$5,189 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.8% ±2.3% (12,314  ±3,205) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,501,980  ±56,724) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

56,548 ±1,799 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (139,748  ±68) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±2.5% (1,700  ±739) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

63,062 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$348,300 ±$12,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.3% ±2.4% (13,033  ±3,288) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.1% ±4.5% (93,799  ±4,687.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.3% ±2.8% (30,170  ±2,882.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.1% (4,415  ±880) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.9% ±1.3% (10,111  ±1,500) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,111 Total veterans ±1,500 9,042 Male ±1,319 1,069 Female ±563

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