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Census Tract 21, Knox, TN

2,886 Population
3.3 square miles 877 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Knoxville: 33.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 37.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,586 ±$4,869 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knoxville: $35,408 ±$950
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Knox County: $43,351 ±$779
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$44,306 ±$4,191 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knoxville: $54,039 ±$1,606
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Knox County: $74,222 ±$1,390
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

19.7% ±6.7% (522  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Knoxville: 20.2% 37,419 (±1.2% / ±2,243)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Knox County: 12.2% 58,683 (±0.6% / ±2,720)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

19 minutes ±2.6 (24,050  ±6,869) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Knoxville: 20.2 1,743,400 (±0.3 / ±49,315)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 22.2 4,728,070 (±0.2 / ±80,873)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

1,291 ±181 Number of households
  • Knoxville: 86,263 ±1,084
  • Knox County: 201,146 ±1,077
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.2 ±0.2 (2,792  ±497) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Knoxville: 2.1 184,910 (±0 / ±312)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,412 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Knoxville: 96,441 ±889
  • Knox County: 218,661 ±151
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$201,700 ±$43,168 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Knoxville: $239,700 ±$5,283
  • 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

12% ±6.8% (343  ±203.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Knoxville: 18.3% 35,378 (±1.2% / ±2,299.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 13.6% 66,382 (±0.7% / ±3,568.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

84.2% ±14.5% (1,507  ±311.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Knoxville: 89.8% 111,994 (±1.9% / ±2,633.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knox County: 92.4% 306,659 (±1.3% / ±4,198)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
15.1% ±6.8% (270  ±125.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knoxville: 34.6% 43,161 (±1.1% / ±1,498.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Knox County: 41% 135,934 (±0.8% / ±2,754)
  • about half 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

6.2% ±6.3% (178  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Knoxville: 7.2% † 14,004 (±0.8% / ±1,599)
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 6.5% 31,875
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

6.9% ±4% (143  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Knoxville: 5.5% 8,773 (±0.4% / ±709)
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 6.7% 26,234 (±0.3% / ±1,221)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
143 Total veterans ±86 136 Male ±88 7 Female ±15

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