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Bristol, TN

27,490 Population
32.7 square miles 840.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,650 ±$2,181 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $33,842 ±$799
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$55,007 ±$6,093 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $55,948 ±$1,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

14.1% ±3.1% (3,809  ±837) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15% 45,755 (±0.8% / ±2,450)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

20.3 minutes ±1 (222,505  ±16,834) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.4 2,748,895 (±0.5 / ±70,654)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

12,015 ±467 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 129,894 ±1,002
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.1 (26,913  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 303,989 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.3% ±1.9% (316  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,408 (±0.8% / ±482)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

13,152 ±451 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,151 ±150
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$182,500 ±$8,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $182,500 ±$3,006
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

11% ±2.3% (2,988  ±628) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.6% 32,346 (±0.8% / ±2,308.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

92.3% ±4.3% (17,982  ±978.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 88.7% 202,267 (±1.4% / ±3,196.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
29.8% ±2.5% (5,811  ±504.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.8% 54,177 (±0.8% / ±1,716.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

2.2% ±0.7% (593  ±197) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.4% 4,433
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

8% ±1.3% (1,752  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8.2% 20,628 (±0.4% / ±1,026)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
1,752 Total veterans ±280 1,640 Male ±271 112 Female ±54

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