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37909

Knoxville, TN · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
16,774
Median household income
$66,984
People below poverty
7.9%
Median home value
$312,500

Income

The median income of households in 37909 was $66,984. An estimated 2.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8.7% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 2.2
$10,000 to $14,999 2.2
$15,000 to $24,999 7.3
$25,000 to $34,999 7.8
$35,000 to $49,999 17.9
$50,000 to $74,999 18.6
$75,000 to $99,999 13.8
$100,000 to $149,999 15.8
$150,000 to $199,999 5.7
$200,000 or more 8.7

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 62109
Female 45103

An estimated 78% of households received earnings. An estimated 26.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 20.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,327. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 78
Social Security 26.8
Retirement income 20.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 1.3
Cash public assistance income 0.2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 7.9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 7.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 7.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 7.9
Children under 18 years below poverty 8.3
People 65 years old and over below poverty 7.3
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 7.9

In 2020-2024, 4.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 35.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 34.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 33.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 37909 in 2020-2024, 89.9% had health insurance coverage and 10.1% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 76.1% and public coverage was 26.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 4.5%.


In 2020-2024, 37909 had a total population of 16,774 - 8,615 (51.4%) females and 8,159 (48.6%) males. The median age was 36.5 years. An estimated 18.3% of the population was under 18 years, 42.1% was 19 to 44 years, 19.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 18.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 37909 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 835 402
5 to 9 259 347
10 to 14 527 355
15 to 19 263 331
20 to 24 772 820
25 to 29 796 731
30 to 34 869 797
35 to 39 711 555
40 to 44 437 573
45 to 49 424 417
50 to 54 423 495
55 to 59 396 324
60 to 64 336 512
65 to 69 293 508
70 to 74 198 481
75 to 79 350 428
80 to 84 141 234
85 and over 129 305

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 84% were White; 6.6% were Black or African American; 10.7% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.1% were Asian; 2.6% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 5% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3.9% of the people in 37909 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 83.6% of the people in 37909 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 7,783 households in 37909. The average household size was 2.09 people.

Married-couple households made up 37.3% of the households in 37909 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 33.7% of all households, while 21.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 16.5% of households were male householders living alone, and 22.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 39.2% of all households.

In 37909, 20.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 27.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 37.3
Cohabiting Couples 7.5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
21.5
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
33.7

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 47% of males and 41.2% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 39.3 33.4
Now married, except separated 47 41.2
Separated 1.2 0.4
Widowed 2.3 12.8
Divorced 10.2 12.2

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 37909, 157 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 49.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 91.3% of the people living in 37909 were U.S. natives. 52.7% of the 37909 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 8.7% of 37909 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 44.7% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 47 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 37909 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 37909.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 33.2
Asia 41.8
Europe 11.6
Africa 10.5
Northern America 2.9
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 37909 in 2020-2024, 9 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 3.7% of people at least five years old; 4.8% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 3.7
Other Indo-European languages 1.4
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 2.3
Other languages 1.6

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 82.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 37909 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 82.2
Different house, same county 10.3
Different county, same state 4.2
Different state 2.9
Abroad 0.5

Education

In 2020-2024, 94.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 46.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 5.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 37909 was 3,300 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 341 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 1,801. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,158.

Educational Attainment of People in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 5.4
High school diploma or equivalency 23.3
Some college, no degree 14.6
Associate's degree 10
Bachelor's degree 24.1
Graduate or professional degree 22.6

Disability

In 37909, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 13.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.5% of people under 18 years old, to 9.9% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.3% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 37909, 65.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 30.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 81.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 13.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.2 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 7,434 81.1
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,257 13.7
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 481 5.2

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 37909 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.4
Construction 7.5
Manufacturing 6.9
Wholesale trade 2.1
Retail trade 16.7
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 4.9
Information 2.1
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6.2
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 13.5
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 25.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.5
Other Services, except public administration 4
Public administration 3.3

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 37909 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 4,425 48.2
Service occupations 1,074 11.7
Sales and office occupations 1,795 19.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 685 7.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 1,193 13

Commuting to Work

An estimated 77.9% of 37909 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 10% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 19.7 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 77.9
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 10
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 0.5
Other means 0.3
Worked from home 11.4

In 2020-2024, 37909 had a total of 8,150 housing units. Of these housing units, 52.7% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 46.5% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.8% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 52.7
Apartments in multi-unit structures 46.5
Mobile homes 0.8
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

5.4% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 37909 was 5 rooms, and of these housing units 48.7% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 37909 had 7,783 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 367 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 47.1% while renters occupied 52.9%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.38 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.84.

3.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 6.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 6.3% and another 14.3% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 37909:

House Heating Fuel Used in 37909 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 25.1
Electricity 74.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0
All other fuels 0.5
No fuel used 0.1

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 37909 was $312,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 60.9 % had a mortgage. 39.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,668 and for owners without a mortgage it was $582.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 37909 was $1,204. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.