Bristol vs Colonial Heights

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

Bristol and Colonial Heights 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 2,783 in Colonial Heights). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $55,007 in Bristol). Colonial Heights has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $182,500 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
Population	27,490	2,783
Median age	41.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,007	$76,440
Median home value	$182,500	$193,200
Median gross rent	$764	$1,035
Housing units	13,152	1,434
Homeownership rate	66.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
Population	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)

Bristol

Population

26,85227,490

Median household income

$42,010$55,007

Median home value

$133,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$666$764

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)

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
Under 5	5.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	19.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	17.1%
75 and over	7.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
Drove alone	81.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
1-unit, detached	60.0%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Colonial Heights
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1972