Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety24#2,350/3,096
Economy82#557/3,143
Housing27#2,305/3,140
Health36#2,027/3,144
Healthcare91#286/3,143
Environment54#1,427/3,108
Education73#835/3,144
Infrastructure89#347/3,144
Community43#1,793/3,144
Leisure & amenities74#830/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Knox County, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
96/100Tennessee 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mammography screening · high58.0%
95/100Tennessee 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high10.1 /1k
95/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Distance to an airport · low13 mi
94/100Tennessee 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Primary care physicians · high109 /100k
93/100Tennessee 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high41.0%
92/100Tennessee 31.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Drug overdose deaths · high46.5 /100k
3/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Time spent in the emergency room · high236 min
3/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Depression · high31.0%
3/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high147 /100k
4/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.480
12/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Home price to income ratio · high4.3×
14/100Tennessee 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
480,472 (2020) → 511,453 (2025)
+6.4%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
1% (2021) → 20% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
9.1 /1k (2020) → 16.6 /1k (2025)
+83%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Homicide rateImproving
10.5 /100k (2021) → 2.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−75%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedImproving
5.8 /1k (2021) → 10.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+74%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
22.5% (Dec 2021) → 34.8% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Knox County, Tennessee improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

New businesses+83%9.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Homicides−66%7.7 /100k → 2.6 /100k
Arts & recreation+25%3.8 /10k → 4.8 /10k
Real income+37%$57,574 → $78,687
Property crime−44%2,440 /100k → 1,371 /100k

Declined2

Price / income+1.1×3.2× → 4.3×
Rent / income+1.1 points29.0% → 30.1%

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Knox County, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.8 /10k2020	4.8 /10k2025	+25%	Improved	77%
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$1,0322020	$1,2932025	+25%	Improved	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	60%
Broadband subscriptions	82.7%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Improved	21%
Child poverty rate	15.7%2019	15.2%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	13 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	69.5 /100k2020	46.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	56%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	73%
Firearm deaths	17.1 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Within the margin of error	69%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	+5.2%	Within the margin of error	72%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+23%	Within the margin of error	74%
High school diploma or higher	91.7%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	6%
Homicide rate	7.7 /100k2020	2.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−66%	Improved	81%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,5742019	$78,6872024	+37%	Improved	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.4802020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$60,3162019	$75,4652024	+25%	Improved	52%
New business applications	9.1 /1k2020	16.6 /1k2025	+83%	Improved	85%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	13.4%2019	12.8%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Property crime rate	2,440 /100k2020	1,371 /100k2025	−44%	Improved	64%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	41%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Declined	38%
Rent-burdened households	47.5%2015-2019	50.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Restaurants and bars	8.6 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	+1.6%	Within the margin of error	54%
Suicide rate	16.9 /100k2020	19.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	30%
Traffic deaths	13.4 /100k2015-2019	14.2 /100k2020-2024	+6.4%	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	3.0%2025	−3 points	Improved	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.7%2019	9.8%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Violent crime rate	442 /100k2020	372 /100k2025	−16%	Improved	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Knox County, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Knox County, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Knox County, Tennessee itself moved +2.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

494,148 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

201,146 households (±1,077)

Knox County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k15%30,170
$25k–50k19%38,311
$50k–75k16%33,057

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

201,146 households (±1,077)

Knox County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own65%131,117
Rent35%70,029

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

248,407 workers (±2,477)

Knox County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone76%188,359
Carpool6.7%16,670
Public transit0.5%1,177

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Knoxville, TN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Knox County has 12,519 employer establishments, 250 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Tennessee's), with 242,117 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,286. The Census Bureau also counts 45,646 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,519; 45,646 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 250; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 242,117
Average annual pay: $56,286; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Knox County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,159	23.1	1.11×About typical	16,398	$67,793	2,233
Restaurants and other eating places	954	19	1.04×About typical	24,479	$22,322	154
Specialty trade contractors	685	13.7	0.88×About typical	9,522	$70,206	2,959
Lessors of real estate	578	11.5	0.94×About typical	3,293	$59,800	5,530
Limited-service restaurants	448	8.9	1.11×About typical	10,247	$18,796	60
Offices of physicians	432	8.6	1.33×More than typical	7,153	$90,065	571
Religious organizations	400	8	1.44×More than typical	4,936	$27,914	—
Full-service restaurants	383	7.6	0.99×About typical	11,910	$26,233	59
Services to buildings and dwellings	360	7.2	1.06×About typical	18,763	$32,091	2,833
Construction of buildings	341	6.8	0.90×About typical	2,699	$81,089	1,567
Offices of other health practitioners	312	6.2	1.02×About typical	1,896	$47,441	1,042
Building equipment contractors	292	5.8	0.97×About typical	4,890	$70,343	639

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 501,589 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $279M on contracts performed in Knox County, Tennessee: $545 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $279M; −19% vs FY2025
Per resident: $545; US $1,995
Sole-source: 1.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Education$201.3M72%
Federal Acquisition Service$18.2M6.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$8.8M3.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$7.9M2.8%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$6.5M2.3%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$6M2.1%
Department of the Navy$5.9M2.1%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$5.9M2.1%

Top recipients

EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC$201.3M72%
INTERNATIONAL MOTORS, LLC$18.1M6.5%
PROTECTION STRATEGIES INC$12.6M4.5%
AQUA-CHEM, INC.$8.7M3.1%
USTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC$5.9M2.1%
MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$5.9M2.1%
ALCOHOLISM SERVICES OF KNOXVILLE, INC.$5.4M2.0%
PETNET SOLUTIONS, INC.$5.2M1.8%

Spending by fiscal year

227.7MFY2017
240.7MFY2018
154.2MFY2019
134.1MFY2020
137.6MFY2021
175.4MFY2022
192.8MFY2023
323.8MFY2024
343MFY2025
279MFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$215.5M77%
Other equipment & supplies$19.8M7.1%
Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$18.2M6.5%
Education & social services$5.8M2.1%
Health & medical$5.3M1.9%
Construction & real property$4.7M1.7%

Top industries (NAICS)

Activities related to credit intermediation · 5223$201.3M72%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$18.1M6.5%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$8.7M3.1%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$6.6M2.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$5.8M2.1%
Investigation and security services · 5616$5.3M1.9%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$5.3M1.9%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$4.7M1.7%

Largest awards

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE TASK ORDER.$209.3M
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Jun 28, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026· 91003124F0319
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED BY THE USDS SERVICER MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT F$124.4M
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Mar 31, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 91003126F0020
STEADY-STATE TASK ORDER 2 AWARDED AGAINST THE EDFINANCIAL NEXT GEN (NG) BUSINESS PROCESS OPERATIONS (BPO) IDIQ CONTRACT FOR NON-SERVICING AND SPECIALTY PROGRAMS (SPS) CONTACT CENTER SUPPORT AND BACK-OFFICE PROCESSING.$89.9M
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Oct 29, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· 91003125F0302
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TO FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED BY THE USDS SERVICER MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE T$87.5M
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – Aug 24, 2026· 91003125F0042
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M) TASK ORDER FOR STUDENT LOAN SERVICING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USDS CONTRACT. ALL WORK AND DELIVERABLES PROVIDED MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE TASK ORDER.$41.8M
EDFINANCIAL SERVICES LLC· Knox County, TN· Professional services· Mar 27, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· 91003124F0310
BASE TASKS 1-8.$12.9M
ALLIANT CORPORATION· Knox County, TN· Construction & real property· Jun 14, 2023 – May 28, 2026· W912QR23F0055

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.2B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Knox County, Tennessee: $6,346 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.2B; −6.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,346; US $12,957
Loan face value: $245.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.9B58%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$288.6M8.9%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$203.1M6.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$166M5.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$165.7M5.1%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$108.5M3.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$70.3M2.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$41.6M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$114.8M3.5%
KNOXVILLE, TN
SOUTH COLLEGE OF TENNESSEE, LLC$107.7M3.3%
KNOXVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$51.3M1.6%
NASHVILLE, TN
KNOXVILLES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$46.3M1.4%
KNOXVILLE, TN
METROPOLITAN KNOXVILLE AIRPORT AUTHORITY (THE) (" ")$32.3M1.0%
ALCOA, TN
PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$17M0.5%
KNOXVILLE, TN
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE$14.9M0.5%
KNOXVILLE, TN
KNOXVILLE KNOX COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE$13.4M0.4%
KNOXVILLE, TN

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.3B71%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$337.8M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$174.8M5.4%
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$110.4M3.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Highway Administration$54M1.7%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$43.6M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Aviation Administration$32.3M1.0%
Department of Transportation
National Science Foundation$25.2M0.8%

By type

Direct payments$3B93%
Grants$233.7M7.2%
Other assistance$4.8M0.1%
Insurance$621.1K0.0%
Loans$00.0%
$245.1M lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

2.8BFY2021
2.8BFY2022
3.1BFY2023
3.1BFY2024
3.5BFY2025
3.2BFY2026

County aggregates

83%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Knox County, Tennessee compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Knox County, Tennessee
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$493	$1,436
FY2018	$516	$1,552
FY2019	$328	$1,654
FY2020	$279	$1,880
FY2021	$283	$1,810
FY2022	$354	$1,917
FY2023	$384	$2,079
FY2024	$638	$2,047
FY2025	$671	$2,165
FY2026	$545 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$20.70	$93.28
FY2018	$14.96	$105
FY2019	$18.80	$128
FY2020	$10.41	$145
FY2021	$18.84	$117
FY2022	$48.63	$138
FY2023	$93.95	$159
FY2024	$62.31	$157
FY2025	$41.08	$149
FY2026	$9.25 (partial year)	$211
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$1,052	$5,748
FY2022	$959	$5,221
FY2023	$1,243	$5,364
FY2024	$1,234	$5,501
FY2025	$1,414	$5,732
FY2026	$1,002 (partial year)	$5,447

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$102	$298
FY2022	$97.70	$357
FY2023	$433	$301
FY2024	$201	$319
FY2025	$227	$360
FY2026	$169 (partial year)	$349

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$304	$239
FY2022	$342	$185
FY2023	$300	$229
FY2024	$303	$229
FY2025	$328	$249
FY2026	$314 (partial year)	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$117	$2,304
FY2022	$64.73	$2,197
FY2023	$80.58	$2,274
FY2024	$71.80	$2,267
FY2025	$60.50	$2,397
FY2026	$60.32 (partial year)	$2,597

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$982	$1,186
FY2022	$290	$465
FY2023	$32.91	$76.52
FY2024	$67.79	$120
FY2025	$62.11	$148
FY2026	$76.45 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Knox County, Tennessee
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	2.0%	2.0%
2015	3.0%	2.1%
2016	2.0%	1.7%
2017	0.6%	1.4%
2018	0.9%	1.6%
2019	0.6%	1.4%
2020	−3.4%	−6.1%
2021	3.1%	3.4%
2022	4.5%	4.3%
2023	2.7%	2.1%
2024	1.2%	1.2%
2025	0.9%	0.5%

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−4.8%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.8%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019

Unemployment ratepercent

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Unemployment rate, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	5.4%	6.2%
2015	4.6%	5.3%
2016	4.1%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.9%

Personal income per capitaChange since 2016, %

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Personal income per capita, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−6.2%	−5.5%
2015	−2.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.1%
2018	+9.2%	+8.9%
2019

New homes permittedper 1,000 people

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New homes permitted, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	4.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	6.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019

Median household incomeChange since 2016, %

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Median household income, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−9.5%	−6.9%
2015	−0.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.0%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%
2019

Poverty ratepercent

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Poverty rate, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	17.7%	15.5%
2015	15.6%	14.7%
2016	14.8%	14.0%
2017	13.9%	13.4%
2018	13.2%	13.1%
2019	13.4%

Typical home valueChange since 2016, %

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Typical home value, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−8.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Typical asking rentChange since 2016, %

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Typical asking rent, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2015	−3.1% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.9%

Uninsured residents (under 65)percent

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Uninsured residents (under 65), Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	12.3%	13.5%
2015	10.8%	10.9%
2016	9.2%	10.0%
2017	9.8%	10.2%
2018	10.3%	10.4%
2019

New business applicationsper 1,000 people

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New business applications, Knox County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Tennessee	United States
2014	6.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019

Calendar years

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/47093

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Knox County, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tim BurchettR-TN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.8%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Knox County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Knoxville, TN52Central county

Cities and towns in Knox County

Places whose residents live mostly in Knox County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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