CORE DATA

Kingsport by the numbers

Johnson City MSA retail GDP up 29.4% – Kingsport-Bristol up 5.7% since 2001

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Every month locals can get an update on how the Tri-Cities retail economy is performing by sales tax collections. And every quarter, ETSU economist Steb Hipple’s retail sales analysis is available. They are good indicators. But there’s another way to… Read More ›

Cash is still king for home sales in Tri-Cities region – Investors buying more homes

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Cash home sales were a little off their pace in the Tri-Cities region during the third quarter while investors were more active. According to ATTOM Data Solution’s Home Sales Report, cash sales had a 25.9% share of all sales in… Read More ›

CoreLogic index shows Tri-Cities home prices beginning to trend higher

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Core Logic Home Price Indexes (HPI) for both the Kingsport-Bristol and Johnson City MSAs were up again in September. It is the second month the Tri-Cities’ regions have trended in the same direction after a three-month parting of the trend… Read More ›

Tri-Cities labor market post strong Sept. growth – there are more nonfarm jobs than before the recession

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– Johnson City MSA labor market – avg. pay growth outperforms Kingsport-Bristol – Kingsport-Bristol sees first monthly year-over-year avg. wage decrease since Oct. 2014 -Multiple indicators signal slower growth rate -Labor force may be the biggest headwind to future job growth… Read More ›

Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City MSA manufacturing real GDP better than it was in 2001 with a lot fewer employees

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“When Eastman Chemical sneezes, the Tri-Cities gets a cold.” It’s been that way for a long time and the current community mindset hasn’t changed. And it wasn’t always just Eastman. Remember the Kingsport Press, Mead, North American Rayon, American Bembert,… Read More ›

Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City, Knoxville pace each other’s Sept. sales tax collections gain

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The retail sales tax collections stars aligned for three of the four MSA in NE Tennessee in September. Year-over-year collections in Kingsport-Bristol, Johnson City and Knoxville were close to each other – very close. According to MTSU’s Business and Economic… Read More ›

Tri-Cities GDP shows some stirrings of growth, but recovery is a tedious thing

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Ask anyone you meet on the street if they think we’re on the road to recovery or still in recession, Chances are about half will say we’re still in recession. Currently, a little more than one-in-four people say they have… Read More ›

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