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Kingsport, TN

55,807 Population
53 square miles 1,053.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,828 ±$1,577 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $33,842 ±$799
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$50,436 ±$3,061 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $55,948 ±$1,153
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

20.8% ±2.7% (11,468  ±1,473) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 15% 45,755 (±0.8% / ±2,450)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

18.8 minutes ±1.1 (384,780  ±28,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.4 2,748,895 (±0.5 / ±70,654)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

24,674 ±690 Number of households
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 129,894 ±1,002
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.1 (55,013  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 2.3 303,989 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

7.4% ±2.4% (937  ±307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,408 (±0.8% / ±482)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

27,525 ±685 Number of housing units
  • the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 149,151 ±150
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$203,000 ±$11,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: $182,500 ±$3,006
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

13.8% ±2.3% (7,572  ±1,275.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 10.6% 32,346 (±0.8% / ±2,308.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

90.6% ±2.8% (36,191  ±1,415.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 88.7% 202,267 (±1.4% / ±3,196.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
31% ±1.8% (12,366  ±786.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 23.8% 54,177 (±0.8% / ±1,716.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±0.7% (1,469  ±374) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 1.4% 4,433
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

9.2% ±1% (4,073  ±435) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area: 8.2% 20,628 (±0.4% / ±1,026)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
4,073 Total veterans ±435 3,729 Male ±430 344 Female ±162

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