{"id":35,"date":"2025-11-01T16:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funny-lovelace.74-208-89-246.plesk.page\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:06:40","slug":"our-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funny-lovelace.74-208-89-246.plesk.page\/index.php\/our-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47fa7ef0 e-flex e-con-boxed magic-button-disabled-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47fa7ef0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65138711 e-con-full e-flex magic-button-disabled-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"65138711\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20193b8 e-con-full e-flex magic-button-disabled-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20193b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-277f254d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"277f254d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 900; color: #4e4aa6;\">BLOUNT COUNTY IS HOME. <\/span> Part of the Knoxville metropolitan area and bordered by the Great Smoky Mountains, Blount County includes Maryville, Alcoa, Friendsville, Rockford, Townsend, Louisville, Eagleton Village, Walland, Wildwood, in addition to parts of Seymour and Greenback.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1673bd e-con-full e-flex magic-button-disabled-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c1673bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee90c52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ee90c52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fast Facts about Blount County\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb46ed e-con-full e-flex magic-button-disabled-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfb46ed\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e655155 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e655155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Population<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Population of 141,456*<\/li><li>56,548 Households*<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Economics:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>3.1% Unemployment Rate**<\/li><li>Median Household Income: $78,504*<\/li><li>Per Capita Income: $40,269*<\/li><li>5th lowest poverty rate in the state**<\/li><li>8th lowest child poverty rate in the state**<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Housing:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $348,300*<\/li><li>80% of housing units are single-family homes*<\/li><li>Median rent has increased 29%**<\/li><li>81st in affordability of a two-bedroom rental unit in the state**<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Education:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>91% are high school graduates*<\/li><li>34% have post-secondary education**<\/li><li>29% have a Bachelor\u2019s degree or higher*<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Veterans:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>10,111 veterans or 9% of the population<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/><strong><br \/>Sources:<\/strong><br \/><em style=\"font-size: 0.7em; line-height: 0.5em;\"><br \/>*<a href=\"http:\/\/censusreporter.org\/profiles\/05000US47009-blount-county-tn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Census Bureau (2023). 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