Bristol vs Kingsport

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

Bristol 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 27,490 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($55,007 vs $50,436 in Kingsport). Kingsport has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $182,500 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Kingsport
Population	27,490	55,807
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,007	$50,436
Median home value	$182,500	$203,000
Median gross rent	$764	$843
Housing units	13,152	27,525
Homeownership rate	66.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Kingsport
Population	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)	53,376 → 55,807 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)	$42,856 → $50,436 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)	$145,800 → $203,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)

Bristol

Population

26,85227,490

Median household income

$42,010$55,007

Median home value

$133,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$666$764

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)

	Bristol	Kingsport
Under 5	5.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Kingsport
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Kingsport
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Kingsport
Drove alone	81.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.8%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Kingsport
1-unit, detached	60.0%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.2%
20 or more units	4.7%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Kingsport
Poverty rate	14.1%	20.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1974