Blountville vs Bluff City

A side-by-side comparison of Blountville and Bluff City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blountville has the higher population (3,301 vs 2,268 in Bluff City). Blountville has the higher median household income ($64,509 vs $59,783 in Bluff City). Blountville has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $147,400 in Bluff City).

Population, income & housing

	Blountville	Bluff City
Population	3,301	2,268
Median age	45.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,509	$59,783
Median home value	$185,600	$147,400
Median gross rent	$914	$889
Housing units	1,138	990
Homeownership rate	85.5%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountville	Bluff City
Population	3,102 → 3,301 (+6.4%)	2,062 → 2,268 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$53,774 → $64,509 (+20.0%)	$43,036 → $59,783 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $185,600 (+35.0%)	$109,000 → $147,400 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $914 (+38.5%)	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)

Blountville

Population

3,1023,301

Median household income

$53,774$64,509

Median home value

$137,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$660$914

Bluff City

Population

2,0622,268

Median household income

$43,036$59,783

Median home value

$109,000$147,400

Median gross rent

$771$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountville	Bluff City
Under 5	2.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	5.8%
75 and over	6.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountville	Bluff City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountville	Bluff City
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountville	Bluff City
Drove alone	79.6%	76.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	13.0%
Other means	4.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountville	Bluff City
1-unit, detached	73.4%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Blountville	Bluff City
Poverty rate	6.1%	19.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1973	1988