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Knoxville, TN

198,708 Population
98.7 square miles 2,012.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,311 ±$3,302 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $41,725 ±$1,190
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$57,298 ±$3,023 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $74,184 ±$1,999
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.7% ±2.8% (38,996  ±5,315) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 12.3% 115,292 (±1% / ±8,980)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.5 minutes ±1.1 (1,919,505  ±155,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 24.7 10,092,665 (±0.4 / ±251,160)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

89,783 ±2,790 Number of households
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 394,645 ±3,653
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (187,409  ±391) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 2.4 936,958 (±0 / ±1,758)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.3% (1,665  ±774) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.4% † 9,838 (±0.9% / ±1,905)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

99,290 ±2,805 Number of housing units
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 432,053 ±809
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$294,700 ±$17,447 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $351,400 ±$7,673
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.1% ±2.4% (33,633  ±4,757.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 10.5% 99,811 (±0.8% / ±7,739.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±4% (114,807  ±5,884.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 92% 615,503 (±1.9% / ±12,492.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.3% ±2.6% (47,529  ±3,547.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 34.2% 228,910 (±1.1% / ±7,641.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.9% ±1.6% (15,673  ±3,134) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 5% 47,429 (±0.4% / ±4,207)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.5% ±1% (8,887  ±1,578) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 7.3% 55,814 (±0.5% / ±3,993)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,887 Total veterans ±1,578 8,061 Male ±1,561 826 Female ±433

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