Tennessee · Census place 4706960

Bluff City, Tennessee

Bluff City is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,838 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,838; #186 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +1.0%; +19 people
Land area: 1.8 sq mi; + 0.11 sq mi water
Density: 1,050 / sq mi; State median 947

Orange pin: Bluff City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Bluff City population, 2020 to 2024

Bluff City added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,820. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bluff City covers 1.75 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,050 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Bluff City is denser than the typical town.

What county Bluff City is in

All of Bluff City's residents live in Sullivan County, which had 162,703 residents in 2024. Bluff City holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bluff City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bluff City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37618, 37686. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bluff City is

The Census internal point of Bluff City is at 36.459500, -82.277900. Nashville, the capital, is 251.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bristol, TN (27,867 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 99.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.459500, -82.277900
DMS: 36°27'34.20"N 82°16'40.44"W
UTM: 17N 385494.9E 4035674.6N
Geohash: dnmrrtppc
Plus code: 868VFP5C+QR

Daylight in Bluff City

At 36.46° N, Bluff City gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bluff City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Bristol, 7.6 miles away, with 27,867 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bluff City, TN?

1,838 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (1.0%) from 1,819 in July 2020.

What county is Bluff City in?

Sullivan County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bluff City?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37618, 37686.

How far is Bluff City from Nashville?

251.7 miles (405.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Bluff City.

What is the nearest larger city to Bluff City?

Bristol, TN, with 27,867 residents, 7.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.