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Kingsport, TN

56,262 Population
53 square miles 1,062.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,414 ±$1,679 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $34,596 ±$815
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$52,490 ±$2,581 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $57,792 ±$1,597
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

20.7% ±2.4% (11,522  ±1,355) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15.1% 46,087 (±0.8% / ±2,438)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

19.1 minutes ±0.6 (391,880  ±21,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.5 2,736,420 (±0.6 / ±85,215)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

25,021 ±651 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 130,939 ±1,119
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.2 ±0.1 (55,429  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 305,444 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

6.2% ±2.2% (793  ±280) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.1% † 3,262 (±0.8% / ±510)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

27,842 ±638 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,760 ±209
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$234,100 ±$12,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $198,400 ±$3,922
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

13.5% ±2.3% (7,515  ±1,297.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.3% 31,680 (±0.7% / ±2,110.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

90.6% ±2.7% (36,510  ±1,417.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
31.5% ±1.9% (12,677  ±816) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.9% 54,894 (±0.8% / ±1,791.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

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

2.8% ±0.7% (1,567  ±390) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.6% 4,841
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

9.4% ±1% (4,171  ±454) 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)
4,171 Total veterans ±454 3,895 Male ±438 276 Female ±113

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