Knoxville vs Mascot

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

Knoxville and Mascot 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 2,904 in Mascot). Mascot has the higher median household income ($53,663 vs $50,994 in Knoxville). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($214,000 vs $172,700 in Mascot).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Mascot
Population	193,721	2,904
Median age	33.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,994	$53,663
Median home value	$214,000	$172,700
Median gross rent	$1,116	$688
Housing units	94,885	1,385
Homeownership rate	46.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Mascot
Population	186,173 → 193,721 (+4.1%)	2,310 → 2,904 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$40,341 → $50,994 (+26.4%)	$41,667 → $53,663 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $214,000 (+57.0%)	$132,500 → $172,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,116 (+32.1%)	$708 → $688 (-2.8%)

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

Mascot

Population

2,3102,904

Median household income

$41,667$53,663

Median home value

$132,500$172,700

Median gross rent

$708$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knoxville	Mascot
Under 5	5.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	17.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.2%
75 and over	5.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Mascot
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	81.4%
Black or African American	15.5%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Mascot
No high school diploma	10.2%	21.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Mascot
Drove alone	74.5%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Mascot
1-unit, detached	52.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Mascot
Poverty rate	20.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1974	1987