Kingsport by the numbers
Property taxes increased in six of seven Tri-Cities area counties included in Attom Data Solutions 2018 Property Tax Analysis for 2018. The exception was Washington Co. VA. The total estimated value of the 240,996 local single-family homes included in the… Read More ›
February’s sales tax collections set another record for the Kingsport-Bristol Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). But unlike last year performance is a string of poor numbers. Seasonally adjusted collections were 12% lower than February last year. That’s the largest year-over-year decrease… Read More ›
Q1 2018 annualized wages from Attom Data Solutions.
The good news about Sullivan County’s housing market is it has seen strong grown for the past four quarters. The not-so-good news is the homes are now less affordable. At the same time Washington County, which has the region’s most… Read More ›
Nonfarm jobs made a seasonal February bounce driving the 2019 Tri-Cities jobs growth trend rate higher. Employment for the seven-county region was also higher and unemployment rates dropped. Preliminary non-adjusted monthly totals from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the… Read More ›
Demographics here in the Tri-Cities look quite a bit different than they did a decade ago. The region – like the nation – is rapidly aging. The most current Census estimates show over 25% of the current area population is… Read More ›
January’s preliminary labor market reports show the Tri-Cities had a little more than 4,000 more nonfarm jobs than it did in January last year. The same report shows the seven-county region’s labor market had a nonfarm job gain of 500… Read More ›
Excellent and well written !!
I like the “BOOMER BABIES” lol
Donâ¦. Would you be so kind as to add Bristol, Tennessee Vice Mayor Lea Powers to your mailing list? Thank…
Thanks for the comment Debbie. It's a snapshot of today's conditions, stay tuned
Always of interest to get confirmation of what I see as the year moves on.