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Bristol City, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city with its own zoning, schools and tax base, sitting on the Tennessee state line where it forms one contiguous market with Bristol, Tennessee, split down the middle of State Street. I-81 access and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino give the city its current development momentum, but at roughly 13 square miles with a shrinking, low-income population it competes directly for retail and industry against a Tennessee side that has no state income tax.
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Bristol City at a glance
- 16,418Population (2025)
- BristolCounty seat
- 13 sq miLand area
- 1,263 / sq miDensity
- $44,706Median household income
- $168,700Median home value
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- Soils: 35
- Wetlands: 5
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