Blountville vs Colonial Heights

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

Blountville and Colonial Heights 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 2,783 in Colonial Heights). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $64,509 in Blountville). Colonial Heights has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $185,600 in Blountville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
Population	3,301	2,783
Median age	45.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,509	$76,440
Median home value	$185,600	$193,200
Median gross rent	$914	$1,035
Housing units	1,138	1,434
Homeownership rate	85.5%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
Population	3,102 → 3,301 (+6.4%)	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$53,774 → $64,509 (+20.0%)	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $185,600 (+35.0%)	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $914 (+38.5%)	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)

Blountville

Population

3,1023,301

Median household income

$53,774$64,509

Median home value

$137,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$660$914

Colonial Heights

Population

3,1772,783

Median household income

$57,962$76,440

Median home value

$145,400$193,200

Median gross rent

$945$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
Under 5	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	6.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	20.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	19.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.1%
75 and over	6.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
Drove alone	79.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	10.4%
Other means	4.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
1-unit, detached	73.4%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Blountville	Colonial Heights
Poverty rate	6.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	1972