Decherd vs Sewanee

A side-by-side comparison of Decherd and Sewanee: population, income, housing, and more.

Decherd and Sewanee are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sewanee has the higher population (3,000 vs 2,816 in Decherd). Sewanee has the higher median household income ($128,295 vs $34,646 in Decherd). Sewanee has the higher median home value ($377,200 vs $118,600 in Decherd).

Population, income & housing

	Decherd	Sewanee
Population	2,816	3,000
Median age	39.4 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,646	$128,295
Median home value	$118,600	$377,200
Median gross rent	$848	$1,186
Housing units	1,427	544
Homeownership rate	37.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decherd	Sewanee
Population	3,058 → 2,816 (-7.9%)	2,505 → 3,000 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$34,504 → $34,646 (+0.4%)	$78,472 → $128,295 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $118,600 (+29.6%)	$269,500 → $377,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $848 (+14.3%)	$919 → $1,186 (+29.1%)

Decherd

Population

3,0582,816

Median household income

$34,504$34,646

Median home value

$91,500$118,600

Median gross rent

$742$848

Sewanee

Population

2,5053,000

Median household income

$78,472$128,295

Median home value

$269,500$377,200

Median gross rent

$919$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decherd	Sewanee
Under 5	5.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	4.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	62.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	1.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	3.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.4%
75 and over	4.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decherd	Sewanee
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decherd	Sewanee
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	51.5%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decherd	Sewanee
Drove alone	78.4%	40.1%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	32.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.9%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.8%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decherd	Sewanee
1-unit, detached	50.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Decherd	Sewanee
Poverty rate	21.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1981	1973