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Bluff City, TN

2,225 Population
1.7 square miles 1,273.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,551 ±$4,595 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $34,596 ±$815
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,059 ±$5,728 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $57,792 ±$1,597
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±10.2% (340  ±234) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15.1% 46,087 (±0.8% / ±2,438)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±1.5 (21,670  ±6,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.5 2,736,420 (±0.6 / ±85,215)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

830 ±136 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 130,939 ±1,119
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.6 (2,225  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 305,444 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±2.6% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,262 (±0.8% / ±510)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

899 ±148 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,760 ±209
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,400 ±$14,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $198,400 ±$3,922
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±8.8% (324  ±201.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.3% 31,680 (±0.7% / ±2,110.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±2.9% (1,354  ±222.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 89.2% 204,689 (±1.4% / ±3,250.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15% ±5.2% (220  ±83.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.9% 54,894 (±0.8% / ±1,791.6)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.6% 4,841
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.7% ±4.1% (157  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8% 20,226 (±0.4% / ±969)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
157 Total veterans ±71 154 Male ±70 3 Female ±6

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