Karns vs Knoxville

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

Karns 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 3,835 in Karns). Karns has the higher median household income ($101,161 vs $50,994 in Knoxville). Karns has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $214,000 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Karns	Knoxville
Population	3,835	193,721
Median age	39.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,161	$50,994
Median home value	$284,700	$214,000
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,116
Housing units	1,449	94,885
Homeownership rate	76.5%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns	Knoxville
Population	3,755 → 3,835 (+2.1%)	186,173 → 193,721 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$87,031 → $101,161 (+16.2%)	$40,341 → $50,994 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $284,700 (+30.4%)	$136,300 → $214,000 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,793 (+34.7%)	$845 → $1,116 (+32.1%)

Karns

Population

3,7553,835

Median household income

$87,031$101,161

Median home value

$218,400$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,793

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)

	Karns	Knoxville
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	17.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.6%
75 and over	8.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	70.6%
Black or African American	5.1%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns	Knoxville
No high school diploma	6.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns	Knoxville
Drove alone	74.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	83.9%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	19.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Karns	Knoxville
Poverty rate	4.6%	20.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1994	1974