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District 9, Knox County, TN

53,316 Population
74.3 square miles 717.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters 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

$31,686 ±$1,581 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Knox County: $43,351 ±$779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,261 ±$5,535 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Knox County: $74,222 ±$1,390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.2% ±2.2% (9,717  ±1,102) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 12.2% 58,683 (±0.6% / ±2,720)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±2 (485,785  ±31,069) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,901 ±728 Number of households
  • Knox County: 201,146 ±1,077
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (45,976  ±2,014) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 2.4 481,434 (±0 / ±283)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±0.7% (378  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 4.2% † 5,100 (±0.5% / ±552)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,055 ±785 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 218,661 ±151
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$268,200 ±$10,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knox County: $320,900 ±$5,524
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.5% ±1.9% (11,356  ±1,104.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 13.6% 66,382 (±0.7% / ±3,568.2)
  • more than 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

90.8% ±1.3% (26,466  ±1,249) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
35.8% ±2% (10,419  ±739.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 41% 135,934 (±0.8% / ±2,754)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about the same as 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

2.7% ±0.7% (1,437  ±395) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 6.5% 31,875
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±0.7% (2,071  ±307) 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 three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,071 Total veterans ±307 1,931 Male ±301 140 Female ±84

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