Knox County, Tennessee (TN)

Races in Knox County, Tennessee:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $234,872

Here:	$234,872
State:	$216,477

Townhouses or other attached units: $199,388

Here:	$199,388
State:	$202,370

In 2-unit structures: $148,029

Here:	$148,029
State:	$153,786

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $148,827

Here:	$148,827
State:	$159,626

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,394

Here:	$205,394
State:	$230,713

Mobile homes: $61,503

Here:	$61,503
State:	$72,294

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $245,678

Here:	$245,678
State:	$95,356

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 15
• Robberies: 66
• Assaults: 437
• Burglaries: 1575
• Thefts: 3377
• Auto thefts: 442

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 29
• Robberies: 84
• Assaults: 465
• Burglaries: 1518
• Thefts: 3669
• Auto thefts: 450

Health of residents in Knox County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,230 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,083 (0.6%)

Area name: Knoxville, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Knox County is $472 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $569 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $762 a month.

Cities in this county include: Knoxville, Concord, Farragut, Hardin Valley, Powell, Karns, Gibbs, Skaggston, Corryton, Mascot.

2012 air pollution in Knox County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 21.4 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.3 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Alexander County, North Carolina , Chowan County, North Carolina , Grainger County , San Luis Obispo County, California , Martin County, North Carolina , Nash County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 33,984
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 20,097 (39.3% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 5,3002010 or later
• 7,6002000 to 2009
• 4,9591990 to 1999
• 2,1411980 to 1989
• 1,0441970 to 1979
• 1,488Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 133,796
• One, attached: 12,722
• Two: 2,728
• 3 or 4: 5,997
• 5 to 9: 10,340
• 10 to 19: 13,813
• 20 to 49: 8,476
• 50 or more: 6,445
• Mobile homes: 7,449
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 120

Housing units in Knox County with a mortgage: 71,957 (1,064 second mortgage, 6,072 home equity loan, 404 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44,592

Religion statistics for Knox County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Knox County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 18, 2011 to June 24, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4005: July 20, 2011, FEMA Id: 4005, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding, Incident Period: May 23, 2000 to May 31, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1331: June 12, 2000, FEMA Id: 1331, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 1998 to May 18, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1215: April 20, 1998, FEMA Id: 1215, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3095: March 14, 1993, FEMA Id: 3095, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Tennessee TORNADOES, Incident Period: April 04, 1974, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-424: April 04, 1974, FEMA Id: 424, Natural disaster type: Tornado
• Tennessee Heavy Rains, Flooding, Incident Period: March 21, 1973, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-366: March 21, 1973, FEMA Id: 366, Natural disaster type: Flood, Heavy Rain

6.40% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,037 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($239 average AGI)

Knox County:	0.03%
Tennessee average:	0.03%

3.30% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($16,341 average AGI)
3.07% relocated from other states ($23,457 average AGI)

Knox County:	3.07%
Tennessee average:	3.16%

from Blount County, TN	0.47% ($28,682 average AGI)
from Anderson County, TN	0.42% ($37,493)
from Sevier County, TN	0.31% ($26,067)
from Loudon County, TN	0.24% ($35,848)
from Jefferson County, TN	0.15% ($30,000)
from Roane County, TN	0.14% ($36,090)
from Davidson County, TN	0.14% ($32,005)

5.92% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($40,558 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($315 average AGI)

Knox County:	0.06%
Tennessee average:	0.05%

3.05% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($19,613 average AGI)
2.81% relocated to other states ($20,629 average AGI)

Knox County:	2.81%
Tennessee average:	2.90%

to Blount County, TN	0.46% ($65,752 average AGI)
to Anderson County, TN	0.40% ($31,623)
to Sevier County, TN	0.29% ($31,910)
to Loudon County, TN	0.21% ($47,227)
to Davidson County, TN	0.18% ($29,427)
to Hamilton County, TN	0.14% ($42,005)
to Union County, TN	0.13% ($26,848)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 12.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2013: 5.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Knox County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 347,108 (57,977 male householders, 51,547 female householders)

  84,123 spouses, 119,261 children (108,576 natural, 3,899 adopted, 6,786 stepchildren), 8,258 grandchildren, 3,681 brothers or sisters, 4,769 parents, 6,706 other relatives, 10,786 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 97,653 (34,029 male householders (25,545 living alone)), 40,336 female householders (33,135 living alone)), 23,288 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 11,371

Size of family households: 51,966 2-persons, 23,320 3-persons, 21,761 4-persons, 8,541 5-persons, 1,992 6-persons, 1,944 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 58,680 1-person, 12,486 2-persons, 2,539 3-persons, 586 4-persons, 74 5-persons.

63,378 married couples with children.
24,669 single-parent households (7,399 men, 17,270 women).

93.6% of residents of Knox speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,833,799,000 ($7,083 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $188,148,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,006,530,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $535,465,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $15,956,000
Federal grants: $530,396,000
Federal procurement contracts: $469,190,000 ($91,280,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $276,262,000 ($37,697,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $17,824,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $232,468,000
Federal Government insurance: $104,178,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 62.11 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 3,8292014 or later
• 7,4492010 to 2013
• 33,4932000 to 2009
• 33,3181990 to 1999
• 27,0751980 to 1989
• 28,5331970 to 1979
• 23,4081960 to 1969
• 17,3971950 to 1959
• 10,8161940 to 1949
• 16,5681939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 01 room
• 3642 rooms
• 1,4073 rooms
• 7,8284 rooms
• 20,4345 rooms
• 24,0226 rooms
• 19,3377 rooms
• 17,3738 rooms
• 25,7849+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 2,8261 room
• 2,6242 rooms
• 11,4763 rooms
• 20,3144 rooms
• 14,1715 rooms
• 7,9206 rooms
• 3,9227 rooms
• 2,5458 rooms
• 1,5429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Knox County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 163no bedroom
• 9981 bedroom
• 18,2422 bedrooms
• 61,8143 bedrooms
• 28,4544 bedrooms
• 6,8785+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 3,228no bedroom
• 14,2201 bedroom
• 28,7752 bedrooms
• 16,5543 bedrooms
• 3,5434 bedrooms
• 1,0205+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Knox County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 2,690no vehicle
• 29,8921 vehicle
• 49,8652 vehicles
• 22,8523 vehicles
• 7,6154 vehicles
• 3,6355+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Knox County population

• 8,473no vehicle
• 31,1011 vehicle
• 20,4502 vehicles
• 5,6653 vehicles
• 7324 vehicles
• 9195+ vehicles

82.9% of Knox County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 279,880
• Other state: 152,602
• Northeast: 20,210
• Midwest: 40,015
• South: 76,285
• West: 16,092

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 8,821
• Number of aged recipients: 686
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 8,135
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,080
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 6,128
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,613
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 3,134
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 3,970

Knox County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"