Mark 2017 as the year Kingsport got its mojo back. After two straight years of population declines, the Model City led the area in population gains. It also had the hottest existing home sales market; its best employment numbers… Read More ›
DEMOGRAPHICS
Headwinds building for new car sales
New car sales are expected to soften in the second half of this year despite more dealer incentives. That would be a blow to local tax collections. There’s a wave of new vehicles coming off lease that could lure new… Read More ›
GenZ preferences good news for malls – no so much for downtowns
Here’s some good news for malls – not so much for downtowns or big online sellers like Amazon. Generation Z is rapidly coming of age, and new studies show they like hanging out at the mall just as much as… Read More ›
Knoxville, Morriston MSAs see most of NE Tenn. 2017 growth
Northeast Tennessee’s 2017 population increased by almost 12,000 people according to the Census Bureau’s 2017 estimated population report. The lion’s share of that growth was in the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which also saw the region’s only natural population… Read More ›