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Knoxville, TN (Tennessee) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $237,300 (it was $77,800 in 2000)
Knoxville:

$237,300
Tennessee:

$284,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $164,600 - $336,800

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $262,637
Here:

$262,637
State:

$374,382

Townhouses or other attached units: $262,460
Here:

$262,460
State:

$354,101

In 2-unit structures: $137,642
Here:

$137,642
State:

$247,693

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $357,078
Here:

$357,078
State:

$239,060

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $290,710
Here:

$290,710
State:

$317,434

Mobile homes: $52,230
Here:

$52,230
State:

$101,421

Total population: 184,281 (Urban population: 173,485, Rural population: 195 (22 farm, 173 nonfarm))

Houses: 95,106 (85,304 occupied: 38,224 owner occupied, 47,080 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

55%
State:

33%

Housing density: 1,026 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $312,644.

Median contract rent in 2022: $889 (lower quartile is $690, upper quartile is $1,201)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,451


Median gross rent in Knoxville, TN in 2022: $1,076

Housing units in Knoxville with a mortgage: 22,168 (1,732 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 1,324 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 465

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $96,165

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $58,739

Median monthly housing costs: $1,031

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Knoxville, Tennessee Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1967

Median year apartment built: 1980

Household type by relationship:

Households: 195,871
  • Male householders: 40,502 (16,367 living alone), Female householders: 44,802 (18,425 living alone)
  • 25,437 spouses (24,928 opposite-sex spouses), 8,173 unmarried partners, (7,556 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 38,755 children (36,327 natural, 901 adopted, 1,527 stepchildren), 5,597 grandchildren, 2,356 brothers or sisters, 2,055 parents, 509 foster children, 2,127 other relatives, 13,981 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 11,577

Size of family households: 20,777 2-persons, 8,946 3-persons, 6,261 4-persons, 2,549 5-persons, 626 6-persons, 1,166 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 34,792 1-person, 7,534 2-persons, 1,313 3-persons, 962 4-persons, 153 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 183 7-or-more-persons.

14,736 married couples with children.
12,309 single-parent households (2,987 men, 9,322 women).

90.6% of residents of Knoxville speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 10,631 (5.4%)
(38.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.3
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.0
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 32no bedroom
  • 5091 bedroom
  • 8,6732 bedrooms
  • 21,1303 bedrooms
  • 6,4674 bedrooms
  • 1,4135+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 2,374no bedroom
  • 14,7621 bedroom
  • 20,0702 bedrooms
  • 8,0863 bedrooms
  • 1,5424 bedrooms
  • 2465+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Knoxville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Knoxville in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 983no vehicle
  • 11,5611 vehicle
  • 16,4922 vehicles
  • 6,2993 vehicles
  • 1,9834 vehicles
  • 9065+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Knoxville in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Knoxville in renter-occupied apartments
  • 6,771no vehicle
  • 24,2901 vehicle
  • 11,2492 vehicles
  • 2,4603 vehicles
  • 1,0954 vehicles
  • 1,2155+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 321 room
  • 1702 rooms
  • 8143 rooms
  • 3,4664 rooms
  • 6,6555 rooms
  • 10,1826 rooms
  • 7,3737 rooms
  • 5,3608 rooms
  • 4,1729+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 2,1971 room
  • 3,5632 rooms
  • 10,1113 rooms
  • 14,3784 rooms
  • 8,9455 rooms
  • 3,6726 rooms
  • 2,4557 rooms
  • 8128 rooms
  • 9479+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Knoxville, TN
  • Knoxville, TN household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Knoxville, TN in 2022
  • 6,515Less than $10,000
  • 8,987$10,000 to $19,999
  • 7,587$20,000 to $29,999
  • 10,209$30,000 to $39,999
  • 7,606$40,000 to $49,999
  • 7,075$50,000 to $59,999
  • 8,768$60,000 to $74,999
  • 10,251$75,000 to $99,999
  • 7,562$100,000 to $124,999
  • 3,671$125,000 to $149,999
  • 2,840$150,000 to $199,999
  • 4,233$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Knoxville, TN

  • Distribution of house value in Knoxville, TN in 2022
  • 505Less than $10,000
  • 144$15,000 to $19,999
  • 59$20,000 to $24,999
  • 74$35,000 to $39,999
  • 175$40,000 to $49,999
  • 165$50,000 to $59,999
  • 880$60,000 to $69,999
  • 431$70,000 to $79,999
  • 600$80,000 to $89,999
  • 891$90,000 to $99,999
  • 1,808$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,403$125,000 to $149,999
  • 4,135$150,000 to $174,999
  • 2,089$175,000 to $199,999
  • 7,717$200,000 to $249,999
  • 5,761$250,000 to $299,999
  • 4,977$300,000 to $399,999
  • 2,769$400,000 to $499,999
  • 2,492$500,000 to $749,999
  • 773$750,000 to $999,999
  • 142$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 38$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 196$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Knoxville, TN

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Knoxville, TN in 2022
  • 192Less than $100
  • 736$100 to $149
  • 954$150 to $199
  • 591$200 to $249
  • 756$250 to $299
  • 451$300 to $349
  • 241$350 to $399
  • 754$400 to $449
  • 1,254$450 to $499
  • 1,029$500 to $549
  • 692$550 to $599
  • 2,234$600 to $649
  • 1,870$650 to $699
  • 2,387$700 to $749
  • 2,674$750 to $799
  • 6,708$800 to $899
  • 4,967$900 to $999
  • 7,016$1,000 to $1,249
  • 3,438$1,250 to $1,499
  • 4,859$1,500 to $1,999
  • 1,427$2,000 to $2,499
  • 196$3,000 to $3,499
  • 89$3,500 or more
  • 1,565No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 89.1%
Number of people working at home: 13,081 (12.7% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 2,301
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 9,212
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 18,612
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 21,401
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 13,911
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 7,496
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 7,999
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1,400
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1,781
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 3,555
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,591
  • 90 or more minutes: 1,025
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Knoxville

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 160,951 (81.5%)
  • Carpooled: 17,133 (8.7%)
  • Bus: 515 (0.3%)
  • Taxi: 1,691 (0.9%)
  • Bicycle: 397 (0.2%)
  • Walked: 3,795 (1.9%)
  • Worked at home: 13,081 (6.6%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.4%Males
  • 2.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 2.1%Males
  • 1.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 11.6%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 0.8%Males
  • 2.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 1.0%Males
  • 5.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 2.6%Males
  • 6.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 1.1%Males
  • 5.2%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 6,5552010 or later
  • 3,8652000 to 2009
  • 1,3081990 to 1999
  • 9071980 to 1989
  • 3741970 to 1979
  • 611Before 1970
Ancestries in Knoxville, TN

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 18,987 (18.4%)
  • English: 10,236 (9.9%)
  • Irish: 7,020 (6.8%)
  • German: 5,670 (5.5%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 2,438 (2.4%)
  • European: 2,112 (2.0%)
  • Italian: 1,718 (1.7%)
  • Scottish: 1,389 (1.3%)
  • Polish: 827 (0.8%)
  • Iraqi: 807 (0.8%)
  • African: 770 (0.7%)
  • French: 605 (0.6%)
  • Dutch: 501 (0.5%)
  • Greek: 454 (0.4%)
  • British: 399 (0.4%)
  • Russian: 394 (0.4%)
  • Ukrainian: 333 (0.3%)
  • Romanian: 282 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 249 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 226 (0.2%)
  • Norwegian: 222 (0.2%)
  • Swedish: 190 (0.2%)
  • Eastern European: 181 (0.2%)
  • Jamaican: 174 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 151 (0.1%)
  • Guyanese: 139 (0.1%)
  • Northern European: 132 (0.1%)
  • Sudanese: 123 (0.1%)
  • Nigerian: 116 (0.1%)
  • Ethiopian: 102 (0.10%)
  • Canadian: 95 (0.09%)
  • Palestinian: 95 (0.09%)
  • Czech: 95 (0.09%)
  • Egyptian: 92 (0.09%)
  • Hungarian: 85 (0.08%)
  • Danish: 82 (0.08%)
  • Scandinavian: 79 (0.08%)
  • Lebanese: 72 (0.07%)
  • Iranian: 70 (0.07%)
  • Turkish: 65 (0.06%)
  • Haitian: 61 (0.06%)
  • British West Indian: 59 (0.06%)
  • Jordanian: 49 (0.05%)
  • Arab: 47 (0.05%)
  • Afghan: 46 (0.04%)
  • Kenyan: 39 (0.04%)
  • South African: 38 (0.04%)
  • Yugoslavian: 38 (0.04%)
  • Pennsylvania German: 38 (0.04%)
  • Finnish: 37 (0.04%)
  • Portuguese: 37 (0.04%)
  • Ghanaian: 36 (0.03%)
  • Estonian: 35 (0.03%)
  • Bahamian: 34 (0.03%)
  • Cape Verdean: 33 (0.03%)
  • Syrian: 33 (0.03%)
  • Austrian: 31 (0.03%)
  • Celtic: 26 (0.03%)
  • Brazilian: 26 (0.03%)
  • Slovak: 26 (0.03%)
  • Albanian: 24 (0.02%)
  • Slovene: 21 (0.02%)
  • Somali: 21 (0.02%)
  • Armenian: 20 (0.02%)
  • Belgian: 19 (0.02%)
  • Bulgarian: 17 (0.02%)
  • Serbian: 14 (0.01%)
  • Luxembourger: 11 (0.01%)
  • Dutch West Indian: 11 (0.01%)
  • Macedonian: 8 (0.01%)
  • Croatian: 8 (0.01%)
  • Lithuanian: 7 (0.01%)
  • Australian: 6 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Knoxville:

15.5% (1,950)
Tennessee:

23.0% (86,435)

Guatemala
Knoxville:

10.5% (1,319)
Tennessee:

5.7% (21,286)

Iraq
Knoxville:

5.1% (640)
Tennessee:

2.0% (7,701)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Knoxville:

4.3% (536)
Tennessee:

3.3% (12,582)

Honduras
Knoxville:

4.0% (497)
Tennessee:

4.6% (17,433)

India
Knoxville:

2.5% (309)
Tennessee:

6.1% (23,079)

Canada
Knoxville:

2.2% (278)
Tennessee:

2.7% (10,295)

Germany
Knoxville:

2.1% (260)
Tennessee:

2.2% (8,261)

Philippines
Knoxville:

2.0% (257)
Tennessee:

3.1% (11,640)

Other Northern Africa
Knoxville:

1.9% (234)
Tennessee:

0.1% (276)

Colombia
Knoxville:

1.8% (229)
Tennessee:

1.0% (3,879)

Cuba
Knoxville:

1.8% (225)
Tennessee:

1.3% (4,841)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 120,787
  • Other state: 62,893
  • Northeast: 8,657
  • Midwest: 14,842
  • South: 33,734
  • West: 5,660

80.3% of Knoxville residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34.3% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60.0% lived in Tennessee.


Knoxville:

80.3%
State average:

87.0%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 416
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 222
  • 5th and 6th grade: 516
  • 7th and 8th grade: 422
  • 9th grade: 1,079
  • 10th grade: 1,031
  • 11th grade: 1,834
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 746
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 17,121
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,736
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,501
  • Associate degree: 5,022
  • Bachelor's degree: 11,464
  • Master's degree: 4,810
  • Professional school degree: 1,261
  • Doctorate degree: 1,816
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 315
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 149
  • 5th and 6th grade: 563
  • 7th and 8th grade: 915
  • 9th grade: 245
  • 10th grade: 968
  • 11th grade: 695
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 796
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 18,103
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,707
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 9,621
  • Associate degree: 6,488
  • Bachelor's degree: 14,116
  • Master's degree: 5,482
  • Professional school degree: 1,192
  • Doctorate degree: 689
Educational Attainment for Females
Knoxville marital status for males
Knoxville marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 47,861
  • One, attached: 5,602
  • Two: 2,752
  • 3 or 4: 4,398
  • 5 to 9: 8,472
  • 10 to 19: 11,208
  • 20 to 49: 6,284
  • 50 or more: 6,767
  • Mobile homes: 1,675
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 87

Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.9%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.3%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago

Renter moved in on average 2 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Knoxville
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Knoxville, TN
  • 57.2%Electricity
  • 41.6%Utility gas
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Wood
  • 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Knoxville, TN
  • 86.0%Electricity
  • 12.5%Utility gas
  • 0.6%No fuel used
  • 0.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,490
Here:

11.5%
Tennessee:

15.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 360
Here:

4.2%
Tennessee:

16.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,252
Here:

5.2%
Tennessee:

23.5%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability