Knox County · Tennessee
Outdoor kitchens in Knoxville.
The city's own median income undersells the market — the real money sits west, on the Tennessee River in Sequoyah Hills, and further out in Farragut, an incorporated town of its own where the median household income runs more than double the county's.
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What changes in Knoxville
Knox County sits in the same shallow Southern Tennessee frost band as Nashville and Chattanooga, but the real site variable in Knoxville is terrain — Sequoyah Hills and the bluffs above the Tennessee River carry real grade, and a kitchen sited near the bluff line can trigger the same kind of stormwater and slope review that any steep-lot build does, on top of the standard residential permit.
Knoxville's city-wide income figures are pulled down by a very large student population — the University of Tennessee enrolled a record 40,421 students in fall 2025, in a city of roughly 198,000. The buyers who fund a full custom build concentrate in Sequoyah Hills inside the city and in Farragut, a separately incorporated town on the west side.
Why does Knoxville's median income look lower than nearby high-end markets?
Knoxville is a university city — the University of Tennessee's roughly 40,000 students pull the city-wide figure down in a way a pure suburb never sees. The addresses that actually drive full custom outdoor kitchen builds — Sequoyah Hills along the river, and the incorporated town of Farragut to the west — sit well above both the city and county figures.
Areas we cover
- Sequoyah Hills
- Westmoreland
- West Knoxville
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