Kingsport vs Walnut Hill

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

Kingsport and Walnut Hill 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 2,480 in Walnut Hill). Walnut Hill has the higher median household income ($65,074 vs $50,436 in Kingsport). Kingsport has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $172,500 in Walnut Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
Population	55,807	2,480
Median age	42.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,436	$65,074
Median home value	$203,000	$172,500
Median gross rent	$843	—
Housing units	27,525	894
Homeownership rate	62.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
Population	53,376 → 55,807 (+4.6%)	2,481 → 2,480 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$42,856 → $50,436 (+17.7%)	$51,375 → $65,074 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $203,000 (+39.2%)	$131,000 → $172,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)	$480 → $1,279 (+166.5%)

Kingsport

Population

53,37655,807

Median household income

$42,856$50,436

Median home value

$145,800$203,000

Median gross rent

$655$843

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)

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	18.1%
75 and over	10.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.6%
Asian	1.2%	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	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	9.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	78.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	63.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Kingsport	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	20.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1974	1970