With 56,262 people, Kingsport is a city in Tennessee. 3% of residents were born outside the United States. The median age is 43.0, about 4 years above the US median. Growth has run 25% since 2000, or 11,357 more people. That trails the Tennessee median by roughly 25%. The poverty rate is 20.7%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $52,490, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 50%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Kingsport
What changed most since 1990
White share94.3% → 89.2%(−5.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.3% → 3.7%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median age40.5 → 43.0(+2.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Kingsport's population equals 35% of Sullivan County's. Its number of households without a car equals 56% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 52% 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)16.9%(703)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.3%(1,137)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era40.6%(1,692)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.8%(282)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(22)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 4,171 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
Kingsport, decade by decade
Kingsport 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
36,408
$54,602
$130,564
20.3%
13.6
2000
44,905
$55,604
$155,569
23.6%
17.4
2010
48,205
$57,350
$165,580
24.6%
21.5
2020
55,442
$50,986
$180,715
28.4%
30.0
2024
56,262
$52,490
$234,100
31.5%
25.2
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.
