Kingsport by the numbers
The Tri-Cities labor market entered its seasonal three-month slump with the loss of 300 nonfarm jobs. At the same time, the number of people employed increased by 363 and the unemployment rate increased to 3.4%. That’s a pretty good labor… Read More ›
INFLATION ADJUSTED BUYING POWER UPDATE Inflation-adjusted buying power for the four classes of workers in the Tri-Cities varied when last year’s increased were compared to 2008 averages – the year before the Great Recession hit the local economy. In the… Read More ›
Seasonally adjusted sales tax collections in the three-county Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) are up 0.6% so far this year while collections in the four-county Kingsport-Bristol MSA are down by 2.9%. Collections for NE Tenn’s four MSAs were up… Read More ›
During the first three months of this year, 115 homes were flipped the four local counties analyzed in Attom Data Solutions Q1 Home Flipping Report. The number of flips as a percent of total sales in Washington and Carter counties… Read More ›