Colonial Heights vs Kingsport

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

Colonial Heights 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 2,783 in Colonial Heights). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $50,436 in Kingsport). Kingsport has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $193,200 in Colonial Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
Population	2,783	55,807
Median age	51.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,440	$50,436
Median home value	$193,200	$203,000
Median gross rent	$1,035	$843
Housing units	1,434	27,525
Homeownership rate	87.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
Population	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)	53,376 → 55,807 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)	$42,856 → $50,436 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)	$145,800 → $203,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)

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

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)

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
Under 5	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	20.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.9%
75 and over	9.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
Drove alone	79.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
1-unit, detached	93.2%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Heights	Kingsport
Poverty rate	4.0%	20.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1972	1974