City safety & data profile

KnoxvilleTN

Knoxville, TN is a 191K-resident city in Knox County with a median household income of $54,039.

Knox County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Knoxville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Knoxville has a population larger than 97% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $239,700, and 6 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

191K
Population (place)
Top 3%
By size
$54,039
Median income (place)
$239,700
Median home (place)
20.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Knoxville

Knoxville posts a median household income higher than 14% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 6 hospitals serve the Knoxville area.

Bottom 15%
by median income, US cities
6
hospitals in & near Knoxville

Where Knoxville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$54,039 Bottom 14% higher than 14% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Knoxville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Knoxville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Knoxville sits inside Knox County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.96°N, -83.92°W. Population 190,740, $54,039 median household income. Median home value $239,700, median rent $1,191. Poverty rate 20.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

6 hospitals in/around Knoxville, 3.3/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.

20.2% of Knoxville, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Knoxville runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13.2% of Knoxville workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 22% in Knoxville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Knoxville's median age is 33.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Knoxville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
190,740
Knoxville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$54,039
-40% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$239,700
-42% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Knox County): Knoxville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
494K+13%
Median Income
$74,222+56%
Median Home Value
$320,900+104%
Poverty Rate
12.2%-16%
Unemployment
3.5%-52%

Economics

Economics indicators for Knoxville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,191/mo
Poverty Rate
20.2% +63% vs avg
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.6%
Work From Home 13.2%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 71.5%
African American 15.8%
Asian 1.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37%
High Blood Pressure
36.5%
Obesity
36%
Physical Inactivity
27.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
22%
Current Smoking
17.8%
Binge Drinking
15.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.9%
Diabetes
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.2%
Annual Checkup 76.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.2%
Stroke
3.5%

Hospitals 6 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
2
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3.3/5
Total Hospitals
6
With ER
3
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC
KNOXVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
KNOXVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER
KNOXVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Knoxville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Knoxville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-KNOXVILLE · Knoxville

Knoxville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Knoxville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Knoxville, TN? ▼
Knoxville, TN has a population of 190,740 people, located in Knox County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Knoxville? ▼
The median household income in Knoxville, TN is $54,039 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.2%.
What is the median home value in Knoxville? ▼
The median home value in Knoxville, TN is $239,700. Median rent is $1,191/month.
What are the top health concerns in Knoxville? ▼
The top health indicators in Knoxville include Short Sleep Duration (37%), High Blood Pressure (36.5%), Obesity (36%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Knoxville? ▼
Knoxville has 6 hospitals with an average rating of 3.3/5 stars. 3 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Knoxville? ▼
The median age in Knoxville, TN is 33.5 years. 34.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Knoxville, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (20.2% here).

Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% Saint Cloud, MN 20.2% Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% Rosenberg, TX 20.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($54,039 here).

Egypt Lake-Leto, FL $54,032 Chillicothe, OH $54,086 Naranja, FL $53,984 Saint Albans, WV $53,972

Compare Knoxville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Seymour, TN 11K Maryville, TN 28K Farragut, TN 22K Clinton, TN 10K Oak Ridge, TN 29K Sevierville, TN 16K Morristown, TN 29K Middlesboro, KY 11K
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Using Knoxville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Knoxville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Knoxville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Knox County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.