Blountville vs Bristol

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

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

Bristol has the higher population (27,490 vs 3,301 in Blountville). Blountville has the higher median household income ($64,509 vs $55,007 in Bristol). Blountville has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $182,500 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Blountville	Bristol
Population	3,301	27,490
Median age	45.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,509	$55,007
Median home value	$185,600	$182,500
Median gross rent	$914	$764
Housing units	1,138	13,152
Homeownership rate	85.5%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountville	Bristol
Population	3,102 → 3,301 (+6.4%)	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$53,774 → $64,509 (+20.0%)	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $185,600 (+35.0%)	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $914 (+38.5%)	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)

Blountville

Population

3,1023,301

Median household income

$53,774$64,509

Median home value

$137,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$660$914

Bristol

Population

26,85227,490

Median household income

$42,010$55,007

Median home value

$133,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$666$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountville	Bristol
Under 5	2.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.9%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.8%
75 and over	6.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountville	Bristol
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountville	Bristol
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountville	Bristol
Drove alone	79.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	10.8%
Other means	4.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountville	Bristol
1-unit, detached	73.4%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Blountville	Bristol
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1973	1970