Blountville is a city of 3,309 people in Tennessee. At a median age of 50.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Owners hold 80% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 73% were in the same home a year ago. 1% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,754, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 50.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Blountville
What changed most since 1990
Median age33.8 → 50.1(+16.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share98.8% → 94.8%(−4.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree10.7% → 15.5%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Blountville's population equals 2.1% of Sullivan County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.3% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20%(47)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era55.7%(131)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 235 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Blountville, decade by decade
Blountville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,613
$72,645
$139,204
10.7%
2.9
2000
2,959
$68,511
$153,383
12.0%
6.9
2010
3,074
$46,221
$157,524
11.3%
11.7
2020
3,120
$68,935
$179,503
19.2%
15.2
2024
3,309
$54,754
$177,300
15.5%
12.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
