Bristol vs Walnut Hill

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

Bristol and Walnut Hill 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 2,480 in Walnut Hill). Walnut Hill has the higher median household income ($65,074 vs $55,007 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $172,500 in Walnut Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
Population	27,490	2,480
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,007	$65,074
Median home value	$182,500	$172,500
Median gross rent	$764	—
Housing units	13,152	894
Homeownership rate	66.3%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
Population	26,852 → 27,490 (+2.4%)	2,481 → 2,480 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$42,010 → $55,007 (+30.9%)	$51,375 → $65,074 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $182,500 (+36.6%)	$131,000 → $172,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $764 (+14.7%)	$480 → $1,279 (+166.5%)

Bristol

Population

26,85227,490

Median household income

$42,010$55,007

Median home value

$133,600$182,500

Median gross rent

$666$764

Walnut Hill

Population

2,4812,480

Median household income

$51,375$65,074

Median home value

$131,000$172,500

Median gross rent

$480$1,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	18.1%
75 and over	7.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	81.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	60.0%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	14.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1970	1970