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Knoxville, TN Metro Area

893,002 Population
3,220.3 square miles 277.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,922 ±$1,010 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $33,904 ±$458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$62,592 ±$1,725 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $59,695 ±$788
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12% ±1% (104,351  ±8,628) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.6% 927,587 (±0.4% / ±26,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.3 minutes ±0.4 (8,750,170  ±255,651) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.2 69,192,330 (±0.2 / ±898,223)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

361,646 ±3,941 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,770,395 ±8,851
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (875,006  ±3,669) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,824,960 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.1% ±0.9% (10,500  ±1,826) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 86,681 (±0.4% / ±5,697)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

400,055 ±1,806 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,087,992 ±386
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$232,100 ±$4,944 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $235,200 ±$2,297
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

12.3% ±1% (108,879  ±9,192.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.7% 943,307 (±0.4% / ±27,850.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

90.9% ±1.8% (568,081  ±11,594) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 89.7% 4,320,485 (±0.7% / ±34,141.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
32.3% ±1.1% (201,934  ±6,899.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 30.5% 1,467,481 (±0.4% / ±19,576)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

3.8% ±0.4% (33,955  ±3,701) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 370,765 (±0.2% / ±14,125)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.7% ±0.6% (54,730  ±4,004) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 394,604 (±0.2% / ±11,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
54,730 Total veterans ±4,004 49,508 Male ±3,576 5,222 Female ±1,315

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