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Bristol city, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Bristol city is a Census city of 27,636 people across 32.71 square miles of land, in Sullivan County. Median household income is $58,162, 67.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 22 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.4 m.
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Bristol
What Bristol is
- Census place typecity
- Land area32.71 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land845
- County holding the largest share of its areaSullivan 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.
Bristol
How many people live in Bristol
- Population27,636
- Median age41.1
- Population under 185,590
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over5,391
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent
- Households12,119
- Family households7,544
- Share of households that are families62.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Income and work in Bristol
- Median household income$58,162
- Per capita income$36,687
- Civilian labor force13,911
- Employed12,971
- Unemployed940 plus or minus 328
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over19,650
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Housing in Bristol
- Housing units13,263
- Occupied units12,119
- Vacant units1,144 plus or minus 275
- Vacancy rate8.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied8,164
- Renter occupied3,955
- Ownership rate67.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$194,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$842
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent
- Single family units8,656
- Share single family65.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,691
- Share in buildings of two or more27.8 percent
- Mobile homes877 plus or minus 247
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
How Bristol gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,271
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,016
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,144
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.9 percent
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled6.2 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home12.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
SBA 7(a) lending to Bristol borrowers
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$13,376,900
- Average approval$608,041
- Median approval$264,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,750,000
- Largest approval$2,300,000
- Jobs supported172
- Jobs per approval7.8
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more36.4 percent
- Share to franchises31.8 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS19
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bristol
SBA 504 lending to Bristol borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,816,000
- Average approval$454,000
- Median approval$493,000
- Largest approval$644,000
- Jobs supported15
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sullivan County, not Bristol
Sullivan County context, not Bristol figures
These are Sullivan County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bristol measurements.
- Establishments in Sullivan County3,382
- Employment at those establishments, Sullivan County60,008
- Covered employment, Sullivan County70,256
- Average annual pay, Sullivan County$62,036
- Average weekly wage, Sullivan County$1,193
- Housing units permitted, Sullivan County453
- Of those, single family, Sullivan County423
- County product, 2024, Sullivan County$11,879,534,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sullivan County7.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sullivan County$64,786
Every figure in this section is published for Sullivan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bristol. 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
Bristol questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bristol, Tennessee?
27,636, in 12,119 households. Bristol city covers 32.71 square miles of land, which is 845 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bristol in?
Sullivan 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 Bristol?
$58,162. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $194,500. Median gross rent is $842 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bristol businesses?
22 7(a) approvals totalling $13.4 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $264,600, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bristol, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bristol borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bristol. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Bristol figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sullivan 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 Bristol.
Is zoning published for Bristol?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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