U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Knob Creek, Tennessee



Back to Knob Creek, TN housing info, Sevier County, Tennessee, TN smaller cities, TN small cities, All Cities.




We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

  • General Map
  • Google Map
  • MSN Map
Knob Creek, TN map

Sevier County

Population in July 2007: 6,510.
Males: 3,250  (49.9%)
Females: 3,260  (50.1%)

Median resident age:  37.3 years
Tennessee median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,896 (it was $30,632 in 2000)
Knob Creek:  $34,896
Tennessee:  $42,367

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,124
Knob Creek:  $18,124
Tennessee:  $23,418

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $125,479 (it was $84,600 in 2000)
Knob Creek:  $125,479
Tennessee:  $130,800

Knob Creek, TN residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Knob Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.9%)
  • Two or more races (1.1%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Knob Creek: 83.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 53.7 square miles.

Population density: 121 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




Home Value Estimate
Address:
Unit (optional):
City
State
Zip


Recent Home Sales
Address:
City

State
Zip
Min Price (optional)

Max Price (optional)
Prioritization:



Knob Creek, Tennessee map

For population 25 years and over in Knob Creek

  • High school or higher: 64.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Knob Creek CCD

  • Never married: 20.7%
  • Now married: 63.0%
  • Separated: 0.4%
  • Widowed: 5.8%
  • Divorced: 10.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.4%
Tennessee:  2.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Knob Creek:  0.3% ($254)
Tennessee:  0.8% ($715)
Knob Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Knoxville, TN (18.0 miles , pop. 173,890).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Atlanta, GA (150.3 miles , pop. 416,474).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (467.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Chilhowee, TN (2.2 miles ), Sevierville, TN (2.4 miles ), Pigeon Forge, TN (2.6 miles ), Seymour, TN (2.6 miles ), Wear Valley, TN (2.6 miles ), Wildwood, TN (3.0 miles ), Beech Springs, TN (3.1 miles ), Gatlinburg, TN (3.5 miles ).

Latitude: 35.85 N, Longitude: 83.66 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 865

Knob Creek household income distribution Knob Creek home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (23%)
  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Truck transportation (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (22%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)
  • Finance and insurance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)



Knob Creek-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Tennessee state average. It is 20% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/21/1993, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.1 miles away from the Knob Creek place center killed one person and injured 55 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 2/21/1993, a category 3 tornado 24.7 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Knob Creek-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Tennessee state average. It is 52% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 17.2 miles away from Knob Creek center
On 8/17/1990 at 21:01:17, a magnitude 4.0 (3.5 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 68.0 miles away from the city center
On 7/30/1997 at 12:29:23, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 41.7 miles away from the city center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 88.7 miles away from Knob Creek center
On 7/5/1995 at 14:16:44, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 45.4 miles away from the city center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB) earthquake occurred 86.3 miles away from Knob Creek center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Hospitals/medical centers near Knob Creek:
  • FORT SANDERS SEVIER MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; SEVIERVILLE, TN)
  • BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; MARYVILLE, TN)
  • UNIVERSITY OF TN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Knob Creek:
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 20 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 23,333)
  • PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 21 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
  • ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles; HARRIMAN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,490)
  • WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 63 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)

Knob Creek map

Click to draw/clear place borders

Churches in Knob Creek include: Shiloh Church (A), Dripping Springs Baptist Church (B), Dupont Baptist Church (C), Pleasant Hill Church (D), Gists Creek Church (E), Mountain View Church (F), Antioch Church (G), Zion Hill Church (H), Luretta Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Claiborne Baker Cemetery (1), Zion Hill Cemetery (2), Mountain View Cemetery (3), Shiloh Cemetery (4), Dupont Cemetery (5), Gists Creek Cemetery (6), Old Gists Creek Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs: Hidden Mountain Lake Number Two (A), Hidden Mountain Lake Number One (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bridge Creek (A), Little Guess Creek (B), Boyds Creek (C), Dry Branch (D), Little Pigeon River (E), Long Branch (F), Gists Creek (G), Indian Branch (H), North Fork Ellejoy Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Tennessee:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  60.7%
Whole state:  69.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.1%
Whole state:  4.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  12.7%
Whole state:  13.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  4.0%
Whole state:  5.8%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Knob Creek, TN


6 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children


Knob Creek compared to Tennessee state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


Back to the top



Educational Attainment




School Enrollment by Level of School






2004 Presidential Election results in Sevier County Tennessee:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (66%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Utility gas (2%)


Religion statistics for Knob Creek

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Catholic Church Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
Adherents66.3%11.6%7.5%4.4%2.0%
Congregations50.0%16.9%5.6%2.4%1.6%
NameChristian Churches and Churches of ChristChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsChurches of ChristPresbyterian Church (USA)Other religions
Adherents1.9%1.0%1.0%0.8%3.6%
Congregations1.6%0.8%4.8%2.4%13.7%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


9.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,766 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.23%
Tennessee average:  7.52%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($49 average AGI)
Sevier County:  0.04%
Tennessee average:  0.09%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Knox County, TN  1.27% ($34,292 average AGI)
from Jefferson County, TN  0.62% ($29,476)
from Blount County, TN  0.40% ($30,311)


7.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,380 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.43%
Tennessee average:  6.67%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($153 average AGI)
Sevier County:  0.04%
Tennessee average:  0.04%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Knox County, TN  1.62% ($31,249 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, TN  0.81% ($35,471)
to Blount County, TN  0.48% ($37,806)


Strongest AM radio stations in Knob Creek:
  • WSEV (930 AM; 5 kW; SEVIERVILLE, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE RADIO GROUP, L.P.)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WVLZ (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: KIRKLAND WIRELESS BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WRJZ (620 AM; 5 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: TENNESSEE MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC)
  • WNOX (990 AM; 10 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN)
  • WKCE (1120 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MARYVILLE, TN; Owner: KIRKLAND WIRELESS BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WMEN (760 AM; daytime; 2 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: THOMAS MOFFIT JR.)
  • WQBB (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; POWELL, TN; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WLIK (1270 AM; 5 kW; NEWPORT, TN; Owner: WLIK, INC)
  • WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
  • WKJV (1380 AM; 25 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST OUTREACH MISSIONS)

Strongest FM radio stations in Knob Creek:
  • WIVK-FM (107.7 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWST (102.1 FM; SEVIERVILLE, TN; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WSEV-FM (105.5 FM; GATLINBURG, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE RADIO GROUP, L.P.)
  • WOKI-FM (100.3 FM; OAK RIDGE, TN; Owner: OAK RIDGE FM, INC.)
  • WJBZ-FM (96.3 FM; SEYMOUR, TN; Owner: SEYMOUR COMMUNICATIONS)
  • WIMZ-FM (103.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMM., CORP.)
  • WUOT (91.9 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE)
  • WJXB-FM (97.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • W266AA (101.1 FM; KODAK, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WYLV (89.1 FM; ALCOA, TN; Owner: FOOTHILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WEZG (99.3 FM; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE RADIO GROUP, L.P.)
  • WDVX (89.9 FM; CLINTON, TN; Owner: CUMBERLAND COMMUNITIES COMMUNI CORP.)
  • WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYIL-FM (98.7 FM; OLIVER SPRINGS, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRMX-FM (106.7 FM; NORRIS, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WKHT (104.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WNPC-FM (92.9 FM; NEWPORT, TN; Owner: HARRIS BROADCASTING INC DBA WNPC INC)

TV broadcast stations around Knob Creek:
  • WKOP-TV (Channel 15; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WVLT-TV (Channel 8; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: WVLT LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WBIR-TV (Channel 10; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: GANNETT PACIFIC CORPORATION)
  • WJZC-LP (Channel 22; SEVIERVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WATE-TV (Channel 6; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: WATE, G.P.)
  • WTNZ (Channel 43; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • WEEE-LP (Channel 32; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WEZK-LP (Channel 28; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WDTT-LP (Channel 38; LENOIR CITY, TN; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • W46DC (Channel 46; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • W50CG (Channel 50; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • W56CM (Channel 56; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)


Back to Knob Creek, TN housing info, Sevier County, Tennessee, TN smaller cities, TN small cities, All Cities.

 

Back to the top




Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.