Farragut vs Knoxville

A side-by-side comparison of Farragut and Knoxville: population, income, housing, and more.

Farragut and Knoxville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Knoxville has the higher population (193,721 vs 24,309 in Farragut). Farragut has the higher median household income ($142,402 vs $50,994 in Knoxville). Farragut has the higher median home value ($513,100 vs $214,000 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Farragut	Knoxville
Population	24,309	193,721
Median age	45.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,402	$50,994
Median home value	$513,100	$214,000
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,116
Housing units	9,104	94,885
Homeownership rate	85.3%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farragut	Knoxville
Population	22,631 → 24,309 (+7.4%)	186,173 → 193,721 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$108,511 → $142,402 (+31.2%)	$40,341 → $50,994 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $513,100 (+38.5%)	$136,300 → $214,000 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,691 (+51.0%)	$845 → $1,116 (+32.1%)

Farragut

Population

22,63124,309

Median household income

$108,511$142,402

Median home value

$370,400$513,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,691

Knoxville

Population

186,173193,721

Median household income

$40,341$50,994

Median home value

$136,300$214,000

Median gross rent

$845$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farragut	Knoxville
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	17.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.6%
75 and over	8.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farragut	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farragut	Knoxville
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farragut	Knoxville
Drove alone	73.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.4%	11.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farragut	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	88.3%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	19.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Farragut	Knoxville
Poverty rate	2.9%	20.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1992	1974