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Tennessee·Knox County
86 tracts·192K people·$240K median·1,941/mi²
White 71 · Black 16 · Hispanic 8 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 2 · Other 0
Living alone 41 · Other 30 · Married couple 29
Health 31 · Professional 23 · Retail 20 · Leisure 10 · Manufacturing 9 · Public admin 4 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 40 · Service 20 · Sales · office 20 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 73 · Carpool 16 · Work from home 14 · Walk 4 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Knoxville is $239,700 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Knoxville has 195,185 residents across 55 census tracts and 70 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.5; the population is 70.5% White, 15.7% Black, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% Multiracial, 1.6% Asian and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.1 people; 34.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.2% (Census ACS).
Sequoyah Elementary (80%), Northshore Elementary School (71%) and South Knox Elementary (71%) lead the elementary schools; Gresham Middle School (47%), Bearden Middle School (45%) and South Doyle Middle School (30%) lead the middle schools; L N STEM Academy (69%), Career Magnet Academy (40%) and Bearden High School (39%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,191/month, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Knoxville is $54,039 a year, 37% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Knoxville, median rent is $1,191/month and the median home value is $239,700 (Census ACS).
Knoxville reported 8.2 violent crimes and 31.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 87°F; winter lows average 31°F; there are 74 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 52 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Knoxville are earthquake (87), ice storm (86) and winter weather (82), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.54g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Knoxville, 3.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).