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Knoxville, TN

198,175 Population
98.7 square miles 2,007.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,292 ±$2,014 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $40,175 ±$1,189
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$50,183 ±$3,579 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $69,872 ±$2,040
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

23.6% ±3.2% (44,285  ±5,948) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 13.5% 125,035 (±1.2% / ±11,275)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

20.7 minutes ±0.9 (1,818,825  ±128,593) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 25.1 9,903,075 (±0.5 / ±279,614)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)

Families

87,036 ±2,788 Number of households
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 380,978 ±4,898
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.2 ±0.1 (187,848  ±851) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 2.4 928,141 (±0 / ±1,995)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483

3.6% ±1.7% (1,912  ±891) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.2% † 8,926 (±0.8% / ±1,622)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

99,156 ±2,760 Number of housing units
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 423,117 ±913
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$282,300 ±$12,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $320,700 ±$7,236
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

15.6% ±2% (30,709  ±3,991) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 11.5% 108,073 (±0.9% / ±8,393.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

88.8% ±4% (113,414  ±6,106.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 90.7% 600,693 (±1.8% / ±11,899.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
35.6% ±2.4% (45,446  ±3,367.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 33.6% 222,359 (±1.1% / ±7,010.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

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

7.4% ±1.5% (14,614  ±2,991) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.7% † 44,776 (±0.5% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020

5.1% ±0.9% (8,327  ±1,547) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 7% 52,590 (±0.5% / ±3,506)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
8,327 Total veterans ±1,547 6,997 Male ±1,225 1,330 Female ±813

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