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.
Not only is Knoxville a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
In terms of college education, Knoxville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.12% of adults in Knoxville have a college degree.
The per capita income in Knoxville in 2018 was $31,983, 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 $127,932 for a family of four. However, Knoxville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Knoxville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Knoxville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Knoxville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Knoxville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Knoxville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
