DEMOGRAPHICS

Wealth Landscape: Millionaires Reshaping Tri-Cities

By DON FENLEY The Tri-Cities region is home to more than 10,000 millionaire households. That’s a growing force driving housing demand, real estate investment, and local economic development. The region has quietly built one of the most distinctive wealth profiles… Read More ›

Boomers to Zoomers: Demographic Turn Reshaping Tri-Cities

A quiet demographic revolution is underway in Northeast Tennessee. While the national spotlight focuses on the slow but steady generational shift between Millennials and Gen Z, our region is experiencing a faster, more profound change. A significant influx of younger… Read More ›

Young adults dominate Washington County’s new residents

Washington County continues to see a steady stream of new households from across the country. It’s not the flood it was during the early pandemic,  but household growth remains consistent and above pre-pandemic norms. The continued growth of 600 –… Read More ›

Boomers still in the Tri-Cities driver’s seat

There was a brief period when Millennials outnumbered local Baby Boomers, but no more. Blame it on the demographics of new residents, the fact that life expectancy has increased, and adding some of the older Gen. Z folks to the… Read More ›

Tri-Cities region sees tiny increase in births, death rate slows

BY DON FENLEY There was a subtle, but noteworthy, change in the Census Bureau’s latest local population estimates. It wasn’t so much about the Tri-Cities region’s growth rate. As expected, nine of the region’s primary counties saw a population increase…. Read More ›

Region sees more population gain, where it’s happening

By DON FENLEY TRI-CITIES, Tenn. – Continued population growth is what was expected and delivered by the Census population projection this week. All eight regional counties gained population to 533,399 from 515,137 in 2022. That’s a gain of 18,264. Where… Read More ›

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