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Knoxville, TN real estate and demographic information

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Knoxville zip codes37909, 37914, 37915, 37916, 37917, 37919, 37923, 37902, 37932, 37921

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POPULATION
173,680

Knoxville, TN

About Knoxville

Knoxville is a relatively large city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 173,680 people and 77 constituent neighborhoods, Knoxville is the third largest community in Tennessee.

Knoxville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Knoxville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Knoxville who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.35%), sales jobs (12.80%), and food service (7.28%).

Knoxville is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Knoxville has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Knoxville enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Knoxville!

Knoxville Information and Demographics

The education level of Knoxville citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.56% of adults in Knoxville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Knoxville in 2000 was $18,171, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $72,684 for a family of four.

Knoxville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Knoxville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Knoxville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Knoxville include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Knoxville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.