With 27,636 people, Bristol is a city in Tennessee. 2% of people here were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $194,500, having roughly tripled since 2000. Renters pay $842 a month at the median. The median household earns $58,162, about 29% below the national median. That trails the Tennessee median by roughly 16%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,162, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 55%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bristol
What changed most since 1990
White share96.1% → 89.5%(−6.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.2% → 3.3%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
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)20.6%(318)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.3%(360)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41%(635)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(49)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,547 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
Bristol, decade by decade
Bristol 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
23,421
$54,386
$120,723
18.3%
9.6
2000
24,821
$54,721
$125,148
17.4%
12.9
2010
26,702
$52,937
$142,419
20.5%
18.1
2020
27,147
$50,987
$164,595
27.0%
25.3
2024
27,636
$58,162
$194,500
30.6%
24.4
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.
