Bristol city, Virginia (VA)

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County population in July 2007: 17,593 (99% urban, 1% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 4,994
Renter-occupied apartments: 2,684

% of renters here:	35%
State:	32%

Land area: 13 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.

Population density: 1364 people per square mile

(very high).

2008 cost of living index in Bristol city: 85.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (23.8%), Educational,health and social services (17.6%), Retail trade (15.2%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 82%
Government: 11%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 6%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Bristol city, Virginia business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Bristol city, Virginia:

White Non-Hispanic (91.9%)
Black (5.6%)
Two or more races (1.1%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
American Indian (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	41.3 years
Virginia median age:	35.7 years

Males: 7,825	(45.1%)
Females: 9,542	(54.9%)

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Total labor force in 2004: 7,707
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.1%

Average household size:

Bristol city:	2.2 people
Virginia:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,949 ($27,389 in 1999)

This county:	$34,949
Virginia:	$59,562

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $455 (lower quartile is $290, upper quartile is $579)

This county:	$455
State:	$753

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $162,894 (it was $69,400 in 2000)

Bristol city:	$162,894
Virginia:	$262,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $101,747 - $229,495

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $176,423
Here: $176,423
State: $357,398

Townhouses or other attached units: $234,365
Here: $234,365
State: $371,438

In 2-unit structures: $175,743
Here: $175,743
State: $295,743

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $161,525
Here: $161,525
State: $305,320

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $158,932
Here: $158,932
State: $316,638

Mobile homes: $23,684
Here: $23,684
State: $37,843

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,327
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $211

Institutionalized population: 298

Bristol city races chart

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $620 (0.9%)

Bristol city household income distribution in 2007

Bristol city contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	16.2%
Whole state:	9.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	6.1%
Whole state:	4.3%

Area name: Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bristol city is $389 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $647 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bristol.

2005 air pollution in Bristol city:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 14.3 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 31 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Sullivan County, Tennessee , Washington County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	9.6%
Virginia:	7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Current college students: 792
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 72.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 251 (56% naturalized citizens)

Bristol city:	1.4%
Whole state:	8.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 83 1990 to 1994: 41 1985 to 1989: 24 1980 to 1984: 6 1975 to 1979: 24 1970 to 1974: 13 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 60

Mean travel time to work: 18.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.4%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,686
One, attached: 358
Two: 321
3 or 4: 432
5 to 9: 694
10 to 19: 289
20 or more: 441
Mobile homes: 248

Housing units in Bristol city with a mortgage: 2,253 (188 second mortgage, 201 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,264

Here:	49.9% with mortgage
State:	75.1% with mortgage

Religion statistics

Total adherents: 10,979
Total congregations: 32

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Episcopal Church
Adherents	4,088 (37.2%)	2,990 (27.2%)	1,487 (13.5%)	724 (6.6%)	426 (3.9%)
Congregations	8 (25.0%)	6 (18.8%)	1 (3.1%)	4 (12.5%)	1 (3.1%)

Name	Churches of Christ	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Assemblies of God	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Other
Adherents	380 (3.5%)	297 (2.7%)	250 (2.3%)	204 (1.9%)	133 (1.2%)
Congregations	2 (6.3%)	3 (9.4%)	1 (3.1%)	2 (6.3%)	4 (12.5%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in Bristol city - Bristol

Bristol city historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 10.0 times above overall U.S. average.

Bristol city-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Virginia state average. It is 68% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 39.4 miles away from Bristol city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 43.1 miles away from the county center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 41.8 miles away from the county 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 60.6 miles away from Bristol city 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 65.8 miles away from the county center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 53.2 miles away from Bristol city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males (%):

Machinery (9%)
Construction (8%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
Truck transportation (3%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (13%)
Educational services (13%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Customer service representatives (4%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Japan (12%)
Korea (12%)
Colombia (12%)
Germany (11%)
United Kingdom (10%)
Costa Rica (8%)
Cuba (6%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Bristol city (%):

United States or American (29%)
English (14%)
Irish (13%)
German (11%)
Scotch-Irish (5%)
Italian (2%)
Scottish (2%)

Bristol city mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,900 (85%)
Carpooled: 669 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 45 (1%)
Taxi: 14 (0%)
Walked: 171 (2%)
Other means: 43 (1%)
Worked at home: 120 (2%)

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

People in group quarters in Bristol city, Virginia

271 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
156 people in nursing homes
96 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
44 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
26 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
12 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
6 people in other group homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $52,578.

11.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,449 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.09%
Virginia average:	11.06%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.38% relocated from other counties in Virginia ($13,716 average AGI)
5.71% relocated from other states ($12,733 average AGI)
Bristol city: 5.71%
Virginia average: 4.24%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Washington County, VA	3.63% ($28,845 average AGI)
from Sullivan County, TN	3.18% ($23,698)
from Washington County, TN	0.36% ($18,955)
from Smyth County, VA	0.25% ($25,467)
from Russell County, VA	0.23% ($23,786)

10.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,783 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.65%
Virginia average:	10.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.93% relocated to other counties in Virginia ($11,859 average AGI)
6.72% relocated to other states ($16,923 average AGI)
Bristol city: 6.72%
Virginia average: 4.13%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Sullivan County, TN	3.88% ($24,893 average AGI)
to Washington County, VA	2.76% ($33,687)
to Washington County, TN	0.33% ($30,450)
to Russell County, VA	0.17% ($21,200)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9

Births per 1000 population in Bristol city

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Bristol city

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 12.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Bristol city

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,623 (4,619 aged, 1,004 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1130.660
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1603.690
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11.54

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 34.31
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 224.980

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 5.77

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,728

In family households: 13,577 (3,609 male householders, 1,249 female householders)
3,724 spouses, 4,173 children (3,756 natural, 132 adopted, 285 stepchildren), 246 grandchildren, 100 brothers or sisters, 85 parents, 168 other relatives, 223 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,151 (838 male householders (719 living alone)), 2,018 female householders (1,906 living alone)), 295 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 639 (347 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,452 2-persons, 1,289 3-persons, 731 4-persons, 270 5-persons, 108 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,625 1-person, 209 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

97.5% of residents of Bristol city speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $162,785,000 ($9405 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,356,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $78,385,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,980,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $703,000
Federal grants: $27,501,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,747,000 ($140,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $15,469,000 ($199,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,618,000
Federal Government insurance: $11,480,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 927

Here:	53 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,363

Here:	79 per 1000 residents
State:	40 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +60

Here:	+3 per 1000 residents
State:	+18 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +375

Here:	+22 per 1000 residents
State:	+14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Bristol city

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.3

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 41
1995 to 1998: 253
1990 to 1994: 277
1980 to 1989: 746
1970 to 1979: 1,538
1960 to 1969: 1,316
1950 to 1959: 1,770
1940 to 1949: 1,194
1939 or earlier: 1,334

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bristol city, Virginia:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 8 3 rooms: 41 4 rooms: 491 5 rooms: 1,248 6 rooms: 1,416 7 rooms: 925 8 rooms: 504 9+ rooms: 361

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol city, Virginia:
	1 room: 41 2 rooms: 219 3 rooms: 442 4 rooms: 829 5 rooms: 572 6 rooms: 307 7 rooms: 158 8 rooms: 67 9+ rooms: 49

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bristol city:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 69 2 bedrooms: 1,340 3 bedrooms: 2,808 4 bedrooms: 649 5+ bedrooms: 128

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol city:
	no bedroom: 67 1 bedroom: 752 2 bedrooms: 1,201 3 bedrooms: 542 4 bedrooms: 106 5+ bedrooms: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol city in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 351 1 vehicle: 1,769 2 vehicles: 1,851 3 vehicles: 811 4 vehicles: 167 5+ vehicles: 45

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol city in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 819 1 vehicle: 1,203 2 vehicles: 500 3 vehicles: 127 4 vehicles: 26 5+ vehicles: 9

59% of Bristol city residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Virginia.

Bristol city:	58.6%
State average:	53.8%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 8264
Northeast: 546
Midwest: 668
South: 7356
West: 213

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (57.9%) Utility gas (31.5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6.6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2.5%) Coal or coke (0.8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (67.3%) Utility gas (24.7%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4.4%) Other fuel (1.0%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (0.9%) No fuel used (0.7%) Coal or coke (0.5%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 163

Here:	10.1%
Virginia:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16

Here:	2.1%
Virginia:	8.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 419

Here:	54.8%
Virginia:	20.6%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Total Number Of Recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of aged recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of blind and disabled recipients

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients under 18

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients between 18 and 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients older than 64

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Number of recipients also receiving OASDI

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - Amount of payments (thousands of dollars)

Bristol city Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008:

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