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Knoxville city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Knoxville city is a Census city of 195,185 people across 98.73 square miles of land, in Knox County. Median household income is $54,039, 46.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 407 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $239.9 m.
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Knoxville
What Knoxville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area98.73 sq mi
- Water area5.53 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,977
- County holding the largest share of its areaKnox County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knoxville
How many people live in Knoxville
- Population195,185
- Median age33.5
- Population under 1834,839
- Share under 1817.8 percent
- Population 65 and over28,120
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households86,263
- Family households39,128
- Share of households that are families45.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knoxville
Income and work in Knoxville
- Median household income$54,039
- Per capita income$35,408
- Civilian labor force106,391
- Employed101,561
- Unemployed4,830
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over124,729
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knoxville
Housing in Knoxville
- Housing units96,441
- Occupied units86,263
- Vacant units10,178
- Vacancy rate10.6 percent
- Owner occupied40,240
- Renter occupied46,023
- Ownership rate46.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$239,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,191
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.4 percent
- Single family units55,184
- Share single family57.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more40,002
- Share in buildings of two or more41.5 percent
- Mobile homes1,233 plus or minus 286
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knoxville
How Knoxville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute86,321
- Commuting under 15 minutes25,875
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more17,323
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.1 percent
- Drove alone73.1 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked3.2 percent
- Worked from home13.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Knoxville
SBA 7(a) lending to Knoxville borrowers
- Approvals407
- Gross approval$239,901,500
- Average approval$589,439
- Median approval$302,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,550,000
- Largest approval$4,861,900
- Jobs supported5,480
- Jobs per approval13.5
- Loans with a final outcome72
- Paid in full68
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.6 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.3 percent
- Share to franchises28.3 percent
- Distinct lenders84
- Distinct industries by NAICS148
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Knoxville
SBA 504 lending to Knoxville borrowers
- Approvals55
- Gross approval$56,482,000
- Average approval$1,026,945
- Median approval$678,000
- Largest approval$4,998,000
- Jobs supported1,270
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Knox County, not Knoxville
Knox County context, not Knoxville figures
These are Knox County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Knoxville measurements.
- Establishments in Knox County12,519
- Employment at those establishments, Knox County242,117
- Covered employment, Knox County260,373
- Average annual pay, Knox County$65,043
- Average weekly wage, Knox County$1,251
- Housing units permitted, Knox County4,508
- Of those, single family, Knox County2,544
- County product, 2024, Knox County$43,622,858,000
- County product change over the prior year, Knox County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Knox County$80,200
Every figure in this section is published for Knox County as a whole and is not a measurement of Knoxville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Knoxville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Knoxville, Tennessee?
195,185, in 86,263 households. Knoxville city covers 98.73 square miles of land, which is 1,977 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Knoxville in?
Knox County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Knoxville?
$54,039. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $239,700. Median gross rent is $1,191 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Knoxville businesses?
407 7(a) approvals totalling $239.9 m, across 84 lenders, median approval $302,500, plus 55 504 approvals worth $56.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Knoxville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Knoxville borrowers get paid back?
Of the 72 loans that have reached a final outcome, 68 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.6 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Knoxville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Knox County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Knoxville.
Is zoning published for Knoxville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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