Bluff City vs Bristol

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

Bluff City 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 2,268 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median household income ($59,783 vs $55,007 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $147,400 in Bluff City).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Bristol
Population	2,268	27,490
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,783	$55,007
Median home value	$147,400	$182,500
Median gross rent	$889	$764
Housing units	990	13,152
Homeownership rate	58.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Bristol
Population	2,062 → 2,268 (+10.0%)	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$43,036 → $59,783 (+38.9%)	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $147,400 (+35.2%)	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)

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

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)

	Bluff City	Bristol
Under 5	9.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.8%
75 and over	4.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Bristol
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Bristol
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	37.3%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Bristol
Drove alone	76.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Bristol
1-unit, detached	53.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Bristol
Poverty rate	19.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1988	1970