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Johnson City, TN

71,455 Population
43.5 square miles 1,642.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,451 ±$2,004 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $33,901 ±$994
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$55,429 ±$2,576 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $56,096 ±$1,509
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

21.1% ±2.1% (14,324  ±1,406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 16.3% 32,902 (±1% / ±2,110)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

18.8 minutes ±0.8 (574,755  ±35,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 22.5 1,900,480 (±0.6 / ±63,477)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

30,471 ±599 Number of households
  • the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 88,225 ±799
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.1 (67,694  ±452) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 2.3 202,316 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

2.9% ±1.2% (571  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,749 (±0.7% / ±360)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

33,086 ±601 Number of housing units
  • the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 98,148 ±86
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$238,000 ±$12,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $199,100 ±$5,055
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

22.2% ±2% (15,731  ±1,393.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 14.1% 29,157 (±1% / ±2,008.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

91% ±3.4% (42,131  ±1,736.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 90.2% 133,351 (±2% / ±2,899.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
41.8% ±2.2% (19,352  ±1,079.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 28.7% 42,410 (±1.1% / ±1,643.5)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.6% ±0.9% (3,274  ±617) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 2.9% 6,107
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

8.3% ±0.8% (4,805  ±453) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 8.9% 15,056 (±0.5% / ±915)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
4,805 Total veterans ±453 4,344 Male ±418 461 Female ±152

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