Sullivan County Has Decayed in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 2.7%, Since 2000

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Sullivan County, TN

According to data from the 2010 Census, Sullivan County, Tennessee decreased in number of total housing units by 4,708, or 7%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Tennessee increased in housing dwelling units by 372,690, or 13%.

When Measured against the US, Sullivan County has a low level of vacancy in residential housing. 7,462, or 10.1%, of properties are currently vacant in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Within the 7,462 unoccupied housing units, 17.2% are on the real estate market for sale, while 29.1% are listed in the rental market.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Sullivan County have decreased by 2.7%. Reported in the 2010 Census, there were 48,423 (73.0%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 17,875 (27.0%) housing units were leased. Sullivan County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Tennessee, which reportedly had 31.8% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to other counties across the US, Sullivan County has a low level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 3.0% are owned by minorities in Sullivan County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Tennessee 14.6% of homes are owned by minorities.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Sullivan County. 55.5% the Black Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Sullivan County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,602 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Tennessee

Category: Sullivan County, TN

In Sullivan County, Tennessee, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 1,602 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 152 4-digit NAICS industries, 65 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 84 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the home health care services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 775 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in home health care services makes up 12.8% percent of the total growth in Sullivan County, Tennessee for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Home health care services (+775)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (+720)
3. Fullservice restaurants (+552)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (+304)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (+303)

The printing and related support activities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 753 jobs. The declines in printing and related support activities make up 13.6% percent of the employment lost during the period in Sullivan County, Tennessee between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (-753)
2. Building equipment contractors (-452)
3. Drycleaning and laundry services (-301)
4. General freight trucking (-286)
5. Computer systems design and related services (-221)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).