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District 1, Knox County, TN

50,475 Population
23.7 square miles 2,126.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,016 ±$1,923 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Knox County: $43,351 ±$779
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,763 ±$4,576 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Knox County: $74,222 ±$1,390
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.3% ±2.9% (15,204  ±1,543) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Knox County: 12.2% 58,683 (±0.6% / ±2,720)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.8 (396,080  ±24,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 22.2 4,728,070 (±0.2 / ±80,873)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,344 ±805 Number of households
  • Knox County: 201,146 ±1,077
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (48,416  ±1,922) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 2.4 481,434 (±0 / ±283)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±1.5% (545  ±224) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 4.2% † 5,100 (±0.5% / ±552)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,273 ±814 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 218,661 ±151
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,100 ±$14,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Knox County: $320,900 ±$5,524
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.8% ±2.4% (9,924  ±1,272.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 13.6% 66,382 (±0.7% / ±3,568.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.5% ±3% (23,788  ±1,225.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 92.4% 306,659 (±1.3% / ±4,198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±2.1% (6,841  ±645.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 41% 135,934 (±0.8% / ±2,754)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.1% ±1.3% (3,581  ±677) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 6.5% 31,875
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±0.6% (1,741  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Knox County: 6.7% 26,234 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,741 Total veterans ±263 1,572 Male ±236 169 Female ±99

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