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District 8, Blount County, TN

13,464 Population
249.5 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Blount County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,513 ±$7,123 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Blount County: $41,373 ±$1,487
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,601 ±$7,998 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Blount County: $77,365 ±$2,375
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±1.7% (832  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Blount County: 8.4% † 11,495 (±0.9% / ±1,260)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.9 minutes ±2.5 (149,745  ±26,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Blount County: 25.3 1,487,325 (±0.5 / ±50,341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,661 ±466 Number of households
  • Blount County: 55,522 ±683
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (13,464  ±1,352) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Blount County: 2.5 137,457 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.1% (101  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Blount County: 5.1% † 1,508 (±1.5% / ±446)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,408 ±486 Number of housing units
  • Blount County: 61,850 ±75
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$325,500 ±$22,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Blount County: $320,500 ±$7,701
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±6.4% (1,527  ±871) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Blount County: 8.6% † 11,880 (±1.1% / ±1,556.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±11% (9,453  ±778.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Blount County: 91.2% 92,434 (±2.3% / ±2,302.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±2.6% (2,728  ±364) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blount County: 28.6% 29,011 (±1.3% / ±1,301.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.1% ±0.7% (147  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Blount County: 3.2% 4,418
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±2.5% (1,159  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Blount County: 8.4% 9,406 (±0.6% / ±608)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,159 Total veterans ±296 944 Male ±268 215 Female ±96

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