Blountville vs Kingsport

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

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

Kingsport has the higher population (55,807 vs 3,301 in Blountville). Blountville has the higher median household income ($64,509 vs $50,436 in Kingsport). Kingsport has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $185,600 in Blountville).

Population, income & housing

	Blountville	Kingsport
Population	3,301	55,807
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,509	$50,436
Median home value	$185,600	$203,000
Median gross rent	$914	$843
Housing units	1,138	27,525
Homeownership rate	85.5%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountville	Kingsport
Population	3,102 → 3,301 (+6.4%)	53,376 → 55,807 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$53,774 → $64,509 (+20.0%)	$42,856 → $50,436 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $185,600 (+35.0%)	$145,800 → $203,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $914 (+38.5%)	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)

Blountville

Population

3,1023,301

Median household income

$53,774$64,509

Median home value

$137,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$660$914

Kingsport

Population

53,37655,807

Median household income

$42,856$50,436

Median home value

$145,800$203,000

Median gross rent

$655$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountville	Kingsport
Under 5	2.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	6.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountville	Kingsport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
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%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountville	Kingsport
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountville	Kingsport
Drove alone	79.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.3%
Other means	4.1%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountville	Kingsport
1-unit, detached	73.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Blountville	Kingsport
Poverty rate	6.1%	20.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	1974