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Blountville |
Population (year
2000): 2,959
Males: 1,632
(55.2%),
Females: 1,327
(44.8%)
Elevation: 1596
feet
County:
Sullivan
Land area: 5.7
square miles
Zip code:
37617
Median resident
age: 37.8 years
Median household
income: $37,609
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $86,200
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(23.4%), German
(6.4%), English
(4.6%), Irish
(4.5%),
Scotch-Irish
(3.9%), Scottish
(1.6%).
For population
25 years and
over in
Blountville
-
High school
or higher:
74.2%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
12.0%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 4.7%
-
Unemployed:
3.2%
-
Mean travel
time to
work: 18.8
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in
Blountville CDP
-
Never
married:
28.3%
-
Now married:
52.3%
-
Separated:
1.3%
-
Widowed:
7.2%
-
Divorced:
10.8%
0.3% Foreign
born
Industries
providing
employment:
Manufacturing
(22.0%),
Educational,
health and
social services
(18.6%), Retail
trade (15.5%),
Professional,
scientific,
management,
administrative,
and waste
management
services
(10.6%).
Hospitals/medical
centers
near
Blountville:
- BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 5 miles; BRISTOL, TN)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-TRICITIES (about 12 miles; BRISTOL, TN)
- JOHNSON CITY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN)
College/University
in
Blountville:
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 2,729; Location: 2425 HWY 75; Public; Website: www.nstcc.cc.tn.us)
Other
colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
near
Blountville:
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 53 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 64 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 86 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
Public
high
school
in
Blountville:
- SULLIVAN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,022; Location: 131 SHIPLEY FERRY RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private
high
school
in
Blountville:
- TRI CITIES CHRN SCHOOL (Students: 316; Location: PO BOX 1113 TCAS; Grades: 1 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
schools
in
Blountville:
- BLOUNTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 499; Location: 155 SCHOOL AV; Grades: KG - 05)
- BLOUNTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 443; Location: 1651 STATE RT 37; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HOLSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 437; Location: 2348 HWY 75; Grades: 06 - 08)
- HOLSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 377; Location: 2348 HWY 75; Grades: KG - 05)
- CENTRAL HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY (Students: 255; Location: 158 CENTRAL HGTS RD; Grades: KG - 05)
- GUNNINGS SPECIAL SCHOOL (Students: 24; Location: 229 SHIPLEY FERRY RD; Grades: UG - UG)
Private
primary/middle
school
in
Blountville:
- SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 44; Location: 403 GLORY ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
Library
in
Blountville:
- SULLIVAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $430,547; Location: 1655 BLOUNTVILLE BOULEVARD; 123,354 books; 2,652 audio materials; 2,541 video materials; 161 serial subscriptions)
Blountville
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
- Population density below state average for cities.
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