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Population (year 2000): 244. Estimated
population in July 2005: 258 (+5.7% change)
Males: 113 (46.3%), Females: 131 (53.7%)
Blount County
Zip code:
37882
Median resident age: 55.7 years
Median household income: $36,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $151,900 (year 2000)
Races in Townsend:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
- Vietnamese (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (16.4%), English (13.9%),
Irish (11.1%), Scottish (10.2%), Dutch (8.2%), Scotch-Irish
(8.2%).
Elevation: 1036 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Townsend
- High school or higher: 92.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 11.9%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 29.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Townsend city
- Never married: 15.3%
- Now married: 59.9%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 12.2%
3.3% Foreign born (1.6% Europe, 1.6% North
America).
Population change in the 1990s: -81 (-24.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Townsend:
- BLOUNT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; MARYVILLE,
TN)
- FORT SANDERS SEVIER MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
SEVIERVILLE, TN)
- UNIVERSITY OF TN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Townsend:
- MC GHEE TYSON (about 18 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; ID:
TYS)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 87 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 109 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Townsend:
- GATLINBURG-PIGEON FORGE (about 21 miles;
SEVIERVILLE, TN; ID: GKT)
- KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (about 21 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN; ID: DKX)
- POWELL (about 30 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; ID: 9A2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Townsend:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 26 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 23,333)
- PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
26 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 36 miles; JEFFERSON
CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 49 miles;
MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles;
CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
- ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
HARRIMAN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,490)
- NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 81
miles; DAHLONEGA, GA; FT enrollment: 3,119)
Public primary/middle school in Townsend:
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 131;
Location: 140 TIGER PO BX 399 DR; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Townsend:
- MARY E. TIPPITT MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $30,845; Location: 120 TIGER DRIVE; 11,615
books; 97 audio materials; 398 video materials; 7 serial
subscriptions)
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