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Kingsport, TN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kingsport, TN: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 87,124. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet KINGSPORT-TN · Kingsport, TN 4 ZIPs · 87,124 pop · #17886/25278 · Sullivan County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $59,961
  • RANK-LOWER #17886/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Fall Branch
  • BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 73% owners
  • POP-SMALL 87,124
  • SPREAD-MOD 37660→37663
  • HOME-MID $202,950

Nearest income peer: Fall Branch, TN (+ $3,656 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Kingsport

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kingsport on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Kingsport, TN sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

29th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
87,124
city population (Census)
4
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,961
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (4): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $59,961 and poverty 16.9% concentrate in 37660.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kingsport as a pure owner town.

Within Tennessee, Mount Pleasant is the closest lower-income city and Kenton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kingsport.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Kingsport differ

Kingsport's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $49,191 in ZIP 37660 to $76,007 in ZIP 37663, while home values span $134,400 in 37665 to $240,000 in 37664. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.5×

37660 to 37663

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.8×

37665 to 37664

Poverty-rate spread
16.3 points

37663 to 37660

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 37660 skews compact Kingsport

In this 4-ZIP cluster, 37660 covers about 46% of Kingsport's 87,124 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Kingsport

Citywide ZBP: 1,865 establishments, 38,315 employees , annual payroll $2,442,723k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 37660 (1,136 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (338) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Kingsport, TN

These ZIP codes sit in Sullivan County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Kingsport. See the Sullivan County roll-up →

Kingsport sits in the lower half of Sullivan County on income: Blountville, Bluff City and Piney Flats report more, and only Bristol reports less. Piney Flats marks the far end of that range at $84,264, 41% above Kingsport.

Side-by-side: Compare 37660 vs 37664 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
37660 40,038 $49,191 1,136 233
37664 26,880 $63,653 388 318
37663 14,617 $76,007 311 213
37665 5,589 $50,991 30 696
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Kingsport roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Kingsport, .