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District 8, Knox County, TN

52,460 Population
176.6 square miles 297.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,798 ±$2,077 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $43,351 ±$779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,081 ±$3,713 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Knox County: $74,222 ±$1,390
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±1.3% (4,434  ±696) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Knox County: 12.2% 58,683 (±0.6% / ±2,720)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.5 minutes ±0.4 (639,920  ±37,985) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 22.2 4,728,070 (±0.2 / ±80,873)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,146 ±692 Number of households
  • Knox County: 201,146 ±1,077
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0 (51,846  ±1,847) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 2.4 481,434 (±0 / ±283)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±1.8% (679  ±206) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Knox County: 4.2% † 5,100 (±0.5% / ±552)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,651 ±689 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 218,661 ±151
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$248,000 ±$9,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $320,900 ±$5,524
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±1.2% (4,176  ±629.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 13.6% 66,382 (±0.7% / ±3,568.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±1.7% (34,358  ±1,364.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 92.4% 306,659 (±1.3% / ±4,198)
  • 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)
23.4% ±1.5% (8,921  ±646) 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

3.4% ±1.2% (1,793  ±606) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 6.5% 31,875
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1% (3,285  ±432) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 6.7% 26,234 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,285 Total veterans ±432 3,119 Male ±429 166 Female ±87

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