Knoxville vs Powell

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

Knoxville and Powell 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 13,544 in Powell). Powell has the higher median household income ($85,281 vs $50,994 in Knoxville). Powell has the higher median home value ($264,500 vs $214,000 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Powell
Population	193,721	13,544
Median age	33.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,994	$85,281
Median home value	$214,000	$264,500
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,153
Housing units	94,885	5,362
Homeownership rate	46.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Powell
Population	186,173 → 193,721 (+4.1%)	13,458 → 13,544 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$40,341 → $50,994 (+26.4%)	$70,317 → $85,281 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $214,000 (+57.0%)	$187,500 → $264,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,116 (+32.1%)	$795 → $1,153 (+45.0%)

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

Powell

Population

13,45813,544

Median household income

$70,317$85,281

Median home value

$187,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knoxville	Powell
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	17.8%	12.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.9%
75 and over	5.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	15.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Powell
No high school diploma	10.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Powell
Drove alone	74.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	11.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Powell
1-unit, detached	52.6%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	14.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Powell
Poverty rate	20.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1991