Kingsport, TN (Tennessee) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 44,473 (Urban population: 43,730, Rural population: 743 (all nonfarm))

Kingsport, Tennessee Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 21,817 (19,665 occupied: 12,679 owner occupied, 6,986 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	36%
State:	30%

Housing density: 495 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $157,129.

Median contract rent in 2007: $408 (lower quartile is $316, upper quartile is $496)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $472

Median gross rent in Kingsport, TN in 2007: $466

Housing units in Kingsport with a mortgage: 6,118 (594 second mortgage, 734 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,154

Kingsport,TN index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $109,490 (it was $85,400 in 2000)

Kingsport:	$109,490
Tennessee:	$130,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $70,591 - $177,005

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $161,465
Here: $161,465
State: $188,120

Townhouses or other attached units: $143,455
Here: $143,455
State: $161,999

In 2-unit structures: $131,622
Here: $131,622
State: $142,458

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $88,090
Here: $88,090
State: $133,385

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $101,574
Here: $101,574
State: $164,555

Mobile homes: $23,499
Here: $23,499
State: $44,109

Household type by relationship

Households: 43,392

In family households: 35,566 (9,295 male householders, 3,203 female householders)
9,504 spouses, 11,476 children (10,513 natural, 304 adopted, 659 stepchildren), 655 grandchildren, 271 brothers or sisters, 242 parents, 393 other relatives, 527 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 7,826 (2,586 male householders (2,183 living alone)), 4,446 female householders (4,205 living alone)), 794 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,168 (933 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,237 2-persons, 3,205 3-persons, 2,050 4-persons, 763 5-persons, 158 6-persons, 85 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,388 1-person, 516 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 12 6-persons.

6,172 married couples with children.
2,683 single-parent households (444 men, 2,239 women).

97.1% of residents of Kingsport speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 926 (2.1%)
(46.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kingsport, Tennessee:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 39 3 rooms: 153 4 rooms: 1,110 5 rooms: 3,314 6 rooms: 2,877 7 rooms: 1,817 8 rooms: 1,486 9 or more rooms: 1,883

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kingsport, Tennessee:
	1 room: 99 2 rooms: 582 3 rooms: 1,191 4 rooms: 2,259 5 rooms: 1,574 6 rooms: 775 7 rooms: 314 8 rooms: 131 9 or more rooms: 61

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 568
1995 to 1998: 1,343
1990 to 1994: 1,486
1980 to 1989: 2,888
1970 to 1979: 2,964
1960 to 1969: 2,889
1950 to 1959: 4,055
1940 to 1949: 3,348
1939 or earlier: 2,276

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kingsport:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 171 2 bedrooms: 3,030 3 bedrooms: 6,447 4 bedrooms: 2,506 5 or more bedrooms: 525

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kingsport:
	no bedroom: 141 1 bedroom: 1,731 2 bedrooms: 3,103 3 bedrooms: 1,778 4 bedrooms: 205 5 or more bedrooms: 28

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Kingsport in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 657 1 vehicle: 3,714 2 vehicles: 5,732 3 vehicles: 1,937 4 vehicles: 557 5 or more vehicles: 82

Cars and other vehicles available in Kingsport in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,501 1 vehicle: 3,403 2 vehicles: 1,637 3 vehicles: 365 4 vehicles: 73 5 or more vehicles: 7

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Kingsport, TN:

Less than $10,000: 134
$10,000 to $14,999: 86
$15,000 to $19,999: 103
$20,000 to $24,999: 56
$25,000 to $29,999: 90
$30,000 to $34,999: 153
$35,000 to $39,999: 218
$40,000 to $49,999: 559
$50,000 to $59,999: 604
$60,000 to $69,999: 723
$70,000 to $79,999: 848
$80,000 to $89,999: 949
$90,000 to $99,999: 829
$100,000 to $124,999: 2247
$125,000 to $149,999: 1122
$150,000 to $174,999: 861
$175,000 to $199,999: 694
$200,000 to $249,999: 849
$250,000 to $299,999: 411
$300,000 to $399,999: 557
$400,000 to $499,999: 243
$500,000 to $749,999: 160
$750,000 to $999,999: 56
$1,000,000 or more: 5

Kingsport rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Kingsport:

Less than $100: 328 people
$100 to $149: 276
$150 to $199: 327
$200 to $249: 348
$250 to $299: 429
$300 to $349: 576
$350 to $399: 793
$400 to $449: 772
$450 to $499: 666
$500 to $549: 497
$550 to $599: 372
$600 to $649: 324
$650 to $699: 148
$700 to $749: 121
$750 to $799: 48
$800 to $899: 64
$900 to $999: 51
$1,000 to $1,249: 66
$1,250 to $1,499: 65
$1,500 to $1,999: 61
$2,000 or more: 75
No cash rent: 517

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 299 1990 to 1994: 178 1985 to 1989: 38 1980 to 1984: 48 1975 to 1979: 39 1970 to 1974: 39 1970 to 1974: 38 1965 to 1969: 247

Kingsport, TN Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 76.5%
Number of people working at home: 401 (2.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 692
5 to 9 minutes: 2990
10 to 14 minutes: 4618
15 to 19 minutes: 3189
20 to 24 minutes: 1835
25 to 29 minutes: 683
30 to 34 minutes: 1370
35 to 39 minutes: 251
40 to 44 minutes: 292
45 to 59 minutes: 510
60 to 89 minutes: 232
90 or more minutes: 279

Kingsport mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 14,853 (86%)
Carpooled: 1,657 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 18 (0%)
Motorcycle: 32 (0%)
Walked: 260 (1%)
Other means: 113 (1%)
Worked at home: 401 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3267
$10,000 to $14,999: 1914
$15,000 to $19,999: 1561
$20,000 to $24,999: 1497
$25,000 to $29,999: 1353
$30,000 to $34,999: 1330
$35,000 to $39,999: 1064
$40,000 to $44,999: 1076
$45,000 to $49,999: 794
$50,000 to $59,999: 1274
$60,000 to $74,999: 1313
$75,000 to $99,999: 1347
$100,000 to $124,999: 693
$125,000 to $149,999: 408
$150,000 to $199,999: 260
$200,000 or more: 379

First ancestries reported:

United States or American: 7453

Other groups: 4929

English: 4851

Irish: 3390

German: 3058

Scotch-Irish: 1706

Scottish: 695

Dutch: 574

French (except Basque): 541

Italian: 367

European: 209

British: 186

Polish: 157

Norwegian: 115

French Canadian: 98

Swedish: 89

Subsaharan African:: 86

African: 86

Canadian: 84

Arab:: 83

Welsh: 78

Lebanese: 77

Greek: 76

Czech: 54

Hungarian: 49

Yugoslavian: 32

Russian: 31

Brazilian: 24

Northern European: 23

Celtic: 20

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 16

Danish: 16

Turkish: 14

Australian: 11

Jamaican: 10

Belgian: 9

Finnish: 9

Portuguese: 8

Swiss: 8

Alsatian: 8

Israeli: 6

Slovak: 6

Czechoslovakian: 6

Moroccan: 6

Haitian: 6

Austrian: 5

Icelander: 4

Eastern European: 4

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

Canada (15%)
United Kingdom (13%)
Mexico (10%)
India (10%)
Germany (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Italy (6%)

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

This state: 27275
Northeast: 1449
Midwest: 2338
South: 11749
West: 652

54% of Kingsport residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Tennessee.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 87
Nursery to 4th grade: 146
5th and 6th grade: 302
7th and 8th grade: 793
9th grade: 488
10th grade: 448
11th grade: 372
12th grade, no diploma: 340
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,929
Less than 1 year of college: 890
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,588
Associate degree: 604
Bachelor's degree: 2,425
Master's degree: 851
Professional school degree: 460
Doctorate degree: 333

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 143
Nursery to 4th grade: 289
5th and 6th grade: 414
7th and 8th grade: 1,359
9th grade: 610
10th grade: 735
11th grade: 472
12th grade, no diploma: 530
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,370
Less than 1 year of college: 1,016
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,420
Associate degree: 1,072
Bachelor's degree: 2,360
Master's degree: 906
Professional school degree: 170
Doctorate degree: 49

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 24.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 50.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 25.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 35.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 16.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $36,279
Black householders: $30,825
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $26,970
Asian householders: $117,241
Some other race householders: $21,937
Two or more races householders: $27,558
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,479

Kingsport household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Kingsport household income for Black householders

Kingsport household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Kingsport household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Kingsport marital status for males

Kingsport marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $112,566
Black or African American householders: $82,053
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $75,130
Asian householders: $240,390
Some other race householders: $160,260
Two or more races householders: $145,259
Hispanic or Latino householders: $126,156

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,992
One, attached: 977
Two: 530
3 or 4: 1,185
5 to 9: 1,511
10 to 19: 1,297
20 to 49: 470
50 or more: 789
Mobile homes: 1,059
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $23,127

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Kingsport:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (73%) Utility gas (22%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (79%) Utility gas (16%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 176

Here:	3.6%
Tennessee:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96

Here:	4.4%
Tennessee:	10.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 167

Here:	16.9%
Tennessee:	22.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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.)

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