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Walnut Hill, Tennessee.

A community in Sullivan County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Sullivan County’s.

Living in Walnut Hill, Sullivan County, Tennessee

Walnut Hill, in Sullivan County, had 2,331 people in the 2020 census. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Sullivan County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,331 in the 2020 census; median age 49.3
Household income Too few homes in Walnut Hill for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.5% Sullivan County, August 2026; 3.5% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 948households
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 18%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)22%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Other services8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sullivan County had 70,470 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 26°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 46° 26° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 46° and 26°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 46° 26° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 9 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bristol Tri City Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Sullivan County

  1. Eastman Kingsport SiteCellulosic fibers and filaments manufacturing6,883
  2. Kingsport SchoolsSchool district1,287FTE
  3. Sullivan County SchoolsSchool district1,208FTE
  4. Holston Valley Hosp & MED CTRGeneral hospital1,136FTE
  5. Bristol Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,020FTE
  6. HSNGeneral warehousing and storage841
  7. Ballad HealthPhysicians' offices785
  8. Bristol SchoolsSchool district561FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 134 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 24,371 people in all across the county; Walnut Hill has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windRelatively moderate
  2. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Walnut Hill’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sullivan County.