Knoxville is a relatively large city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 195,889 people and 105 associated neighborhoods, Knoxville is the third largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Knoxville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Knoxville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Knoxville who work in office and administrative support (11.65%), sales jobs (10.06%), and management occupations (8.69%). Also of interest is that Knoxville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Knoxville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Knoxville really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Knoxville is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Knoxville more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Knoxville’s character and quality of life. In terms of college education, Knoxville is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.12% of adults in Knoxville have a college degree. The per capita income in Knoxville in 2022 was $31,983, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,932 for a family of four. However, Knoxville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Knoxville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Knoxville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Knoxville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Knoxville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Knoxville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
