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Bluff City |
Population (year
2000): 1,559,
Est. population
in July 2002:
1,554 (-0.3%
change)
Males: 743
(47.7%),
Females: 816
(52.3%)
Elevation: 1429
feet
County:
Sullivan
Land area: 1.5
square miles
Zip code:
37618
Median resident
age: 35.4 years
Median household
income: $31,587
(year 2000)
Median house
value: $71,900
(year 2000)
Ancestries:
United States
(18.9%), German
(10.9%), Irish
(10.4%), English
(5.8%),
Scotch-Irish
(2.5%), Dutch
(1.8%).
For population
25 years and
over in Bluff
City
-
High school
or higher:
72.6%
-
Bachelor's
degree or
higher:
14.9%
-
Graduate or
professional
degree: 4.7%
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Unemployed:
6.3%
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Mean travel
time to
work: 22.1
minutes
For population
15 years and
over in Bluff
City city
-
Never
married:
21.4%
-
Now married:
56.9%
-
Separated:
1.6%
-
Widowed:
7.8%
-
Divorced:
12.3%
1.4% Foreign
born
Single-family
new house
construction
building
permits:
-
1996: 20
buildings,
average
cost:
$31,900
-
1997: 0
buildings,
average
cost: $0
-
1998: 5
buildings,
average
cost:
$79,900
-
1999: 13
buildings,
average
cost:
$44,400
-
2000: 2
buildings,
average
cost:
$82,500
-
2001: 3
buildings,
average
cost:
$54,000
-
2002: 18
buildings,
average
cost:
$66,800
-
2003: 9
buildings,
average
cost:
$86,000
Industries
providing
employment:
Manufacturing
(21.8%),
Educational,health
and social
services
(18.4%), Retail
trade (13.5%).
Crime
in
Bluff
City
(2002):
- 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
- 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
- 2 robberies (125.9 per 100,000)
- 4 assaults (251.9 per 100,000)
- 8 burglaries (503.8 per 100,000)
- 23 larceny counts (1448.4 per 100,000)
- 2 auto thefts (125.9 per 100,000)
- City-data.com crime index = 195.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)
Hospitals/medical
centers
near
Bluff
City:
- BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; BRISTOL, TN)
- SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; ELIZABETHTON, TN)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL-TRICITIES (about 10 miles; BRISTOL, TN)
Colleges/universities
with
over
2000
students
nearest
to
Bluff
City:
- NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729)
- EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 55 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 61 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
- ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,728)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
Public
high
school
in
Bluff
City:
- SULLIVAN EAST HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 958; Location: 4180 WEAVER PIKE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public
primary/middle
schools
in
Bluff
City:
- BLUFF CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 534; Location: 282 MAPLE DR, PO BOX 280; Grades: KG - 05)
- BLUFF CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 427; Location: 337 CARTER ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
Bluff
City
compared
to
Tennessee
state
average:
- Median house value significantly 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.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
- Population density below state average for cities.
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